Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1915)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1915
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1915)
Leaf #:
0001300
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Moving Picture World, founded in 1907 by J.P. Chalmers, was one of the motion picture industry's first trade papers. Published on a weekly basis in New York City, Moving Picture World informed exhibitors about films available for rental and editorialized on behalf of the growing industry (improving the quality of movies through higher filmmaking standards, not government censorship, was a frequent topic). The paper reached its height in the mid-to-late-1910s--a fact reflected in the circulation figures and the huge amount of advertising that filled every issue during the period. In the 1920s, Moving Picture World lost ground to other competing weekly trade papers -- including Variety, Exhibitor's Herald, and Motion Picture News. In 1927, Moving Picture World ceased publication when it was acquired by Martin Quigley's Exhibitor's Herald. Across the 20 year run of Moving Picture World, readers can watch the transition from short film programs to feature films and witness the transition from the dominance of Edison's Trust to the rise of the "Independent" film companies that ultimately became the Hollywood studios. Silent film historians have utilized and cited Moving Picture World more frequently than any other trade paper, and the publication still has many insights left to offer. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012/2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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1252 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD February 27, 1915 100^ We are now committed to a definite policy for one year. The entire output of features of THE LIFE PHOTO FILM CORPORATION to January 1st, 1916, has been contracted for by the most responsible, active and energetic exchanges, covering every State in the Union. OUR PROGRAMME under the contracts made, starts with "THE AVALANCHE," by Robert Hilliard and W. A. Tremayne Featuring Cathrine Countiss Succeeded by "A MODERN MAGDALEN," by C. Haddon Chambers, Featuring Cathrine Countiss and Lionel Barrymore and future productions that will be marvels of their kind. TO EXHIBITOR For bookings in your territory on all of our productions for the year apply to ELECTRIC THEATRE SUPPLY COMPANY S. E. Cor. 13th and Vine Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM COMPANY 64 West Randolph St., Chicago, 111. GREENE'S FEATURE FILM COMPANY no West 40th St., New York. FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM COMPANY 1902 Commerce St., Dallas, Texas. BIO FILM COMPANY 135 West 44th St., New York. ALL STAR FEATURE DISTRIBUTORS 234 Eddy St., San Francisco, Cal. 1216 Third Ave., Seattle, Wash., and 514 West 8th St., Los Angeles, Cal. BOSTON PHOTOPLAY COMPANY 31 Beach St., Boston, Mass. NORTHERN FILM COMPANY 115 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. MOUNTAIN STATES FEATURES 133 East 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Branch Office, 1641 Stout St., Denver, Colo. MONARCH FEATURE FILM COMPANY Gayety Theatre BIdg., 12th and Wyandotte Sts., Kansas City, Mo, CASINO FEATURE FILM COMPANY Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Eastern Pennsylvania, District of Colum* bia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia. Illin Indi< New York State, including Greater New York. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana New Jersey. ( California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, /" Arizona, Hawaiian Islands. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky. Utcih, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri. \ Michigan, Wisconsin. Contract with the Exchange covering your territory for our productions, before your competitors get to it. Life Photo Film Corporation Executive Offices 220 West 42nd Street, Nev^ York City Studio and Laboratory Grantwood, N. J. wm J