Moving Picture World (April-June 1915)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
April-June 1915
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1915)
Leaf #:
000435
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:
May 30, 2024
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April 17, 1915 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 409 Mtagraph BLUE RIBBON FEATURES lYPICALLY popular and high-grade plays shordy to be released as BLUE RIBBON FEATURES. Films Actually Finished " The Sinsof the Mothers"— $1,000.00 Vitagraph Evenincr Sun Prize Winner— by Elaine Sterne. "Dust of Egypt," in five parts — by Alan Campbell. " A Price for Folly," in four parts — by George P. Dillenback. Five Plays by Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady. " The Island of Regeneration," in six parts — " The Chaliceof Courage," in six parts— " West Wind," in five parts — " Britton of the Seventh," in six parts— " Hearts and the Highway," in four parts Stage Stars Soon to Appear Robert Edeson in "The Caveman" by Gelett Burgess and "Mortmain" by Arthur Train. De Wolf Hopper in picturized comic operas. Charles Richman in "The Heights of Hazard" by Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady. Frank Daniels in " Crooky Scruggs" by Paul West and "What Happened to Father' ' by Mary Roberts Rhinehardt. Joseph Kilgour and Virginia Pearson in "The Writing on the Wall " by William J. Hurlburt. Other Blue Ribbon Features In Preparation " Madame Delphine"— by George W. Cable. "Glorious Betsy"— by Rita Johnson Young. " Kennedy Square"— by F. Hopkin son Smith. " Playing Dead " and "Who's Who" — by Richard Harding Davis. "Thou Art the Man"— by George Cameron, author of "A Million Bid." " Hashashin, the Indifferent "— by George P. Dillenback. " Nancy Hanks"— by FrankTannehill. " Black PrinceCarl"— by Alan Campbell. Book Direct "The Guilty Man"— by Charles R. Dazey,authorof " InOld Kentucky." "The Shop Girl "— by C. N. and A. M. Williamson; also a brilliant serial in twelve 2-reel parts, entitled "The Scarlet Runner"— by C. N. and A. M. Williamson. And the following Cyrus Townsend Brady Features — "The Island of Surprise" (now running serially in the " Red Book.") " Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer." " The Fetters of Freedom." " The Island of the Stairs." " Captain Molly"— by George Hazelton, Author of "Mistress Nell." VITAG R A P H 1600 Broadway New York