Moving Picture World (April-June 1915)

Page scan 000508 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
April-June 1915
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1915)
Leaf #:
000508
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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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476 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April 17, 1915 "Adam Bede" (Biograph) 3f)7 Advertising for Exhibitors 3S4 Bars Prize Fight Films 430 "Between the Two of Them" (Vitagraph) . . 397 Big Feature Exchange Launched 3fifi Blaze in Betzwood '366 British Notes 383 Calendar ot Daily Program Releases. . .432, iSi "Celebrated Case, A" 400 Chicago Letter 376 "Children's House, The" (Biograph) 397 Circus or Stage 365 Coming Biographs 397 Comments on the Films 392 Convention Committee at Work 372 Crowd to Hear Debate 4g9. Doings at Los Angeles 378 Early Motion Picture Days in London 379 Edgar Lewis Gets a Horse 375 Exhibitors' Booking Offices 371 Exposition at Minneapolis 372 "Face of the Madonna, The" (Kalem) 395 Facts and Comments 36:i Famous Players' Anniversary 369 Fighting Kansas Law 422 "(Treat European War, T'he" (Picture Playhouse! 309 "Hearts in Exile" (World Film) 401 "His Convert" (Edison) 396 CARBONS AND CARBON ACCBSSOIt IBK. Hallberg, J. H 450 Kiewert, Chas. L., Co 465 Reisinger, Hugo 463 BL-BCTRICAL A MBCHAIVICAL. EaVlP MKNT. Adkins. L. B., Co 4o2 Amusement Supply Co 486 Bender, Geo 460 Detroit Engine Works 460 Electric Products Co 471 Erker Bros 485 Fidelity Electric Co 485 Fort Wayne Electric Works 477 Fulton, E. E 458 General Electric Co 479 Hallberg, J. H 450 Kleine Optical Co 443 Metcalfe, G. A 458 Picture Theater Equipment Co 474 Porter, B. F., "The Simplex Man" 485 Strelinger. Chas. L 460 Stern Mfg. Co 438 Swaab, Lewis M 486 FIIjM bxchangbs. Anderson Feature Film Service 462 Bradenburgh, G. W 471 Celebrated t-layers Film Co 471 Central Film Co 4^ Church & School Social Service Bureau, Inc. 462 Greater New York Film Rental Co 478 Marion, Louise M 485 Metropolis Feature Film Co 485 Nielsen, F. 0 442 Raymar Film Co 458 IIIDHPBNDBIfT mi^M HANUVACTDR ■RS. American Film Mfg. Co 481 Keystone Comedy Co 471 Majestic Motion Picture Co 347 Mutual Film Corp 440-41 New York Motion Picture Corp 336-37 Reliance Motion Picture Co 436-37 Serial Publication Corp 335 Thanhouser Film Corp 330, 453 Universal Film Mfg. Co 332-33 I.ENS MANUIPACTITRBRS. Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co 407 t.ICBlNSEnD FILM MANUKA CTURBRS. Biograph 435 Edison, Thomas A.. Inc .3(30 Essanay Film Mfg. Co 334 Kalem 357-59, 362 TO CONTENTS "His Phantom Sweetheart" (Vitagraph).... .397 Holding Up the Mirror 361 Horsley Entertains Picture Men 380 ■Hypocrites" Starts Row 375 J. Frank Blockliss Dined 371 Kalem's "The Celebrated Case" 400 "Liberty Bell" Slides 420 List of Current Film Release Dates.478, 480, 482 Lobel, Mme. Malvine 383 Local Censorship on Coast 423 "Lone Star Rush, The" (Alliance) 398 Ijooking Over Los Angeles 367 Lubin Opens Special Feature Office 371 Mackenzie Pictures 426 Majestic Theater Opens 427 Manufacturers' Advance Notes 402 Minusa Screen in Hippodrome 374 Motion Picture Exhibitor 372 Moving Picture Educator 381 "New Exploits of Elaine. The" (Pathe) 401 New League Quarters at St. Louis 373 New York State Convention in April 373 "Niobe" (Famous Players) 400 Noble, John W .371 Notes of the Trade 407 "0-18" (Reliance) .399 Observations by Man About Town 382 Operators Walk Out 418 Organization in Montreal 431 TO ADVERTISERS Lubin Mfg. Co 352-53 MinA Films 483 Selig Polyscope Co 490-91 Vitagraph Co. ot America 361 1IIISCBI.L.ANBOIIS FBATURB FIL.M». Alliance Films Corp 448-49 Art Film Co 465 Bosworth. Inc 342 Cosmofotofilm Co 459 Essanay Film Mfg. Co 414-15 Famous Players Film Co 338-39 Frohman Amusement Co 460 Gotham Film Co 461 Great Northern Film Co 458 Hepworth 457 Lasky, Jesse L., Feature Play Co 343 Lubin Mfg. Co 410-11 Metro Pictures Corp 348-49 North American Film Corp Insert Paramount Pictures Corp 340-41 Pathe Exchanges, Inc 344-46 Picture Playhouse Film Co 460 Prohibition Film Co 444-45 Renfax Film Co 455 Selig Polyscope Co 412-13 Tiffany Pictures Corp 350-51 United Film Service 451 Vitagraph Co 408-09 Vitagraph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay, Inc 416-17 World Film Corp 31, 354-56 MISCBIiLANBOVS. A. R. R. Co 485 Amusement Sales Co 486 Anti-Censorship Slides 453, 486 Arkin, Simon 458 Automatic Ticket Selling & Casb Register Co. 439 Bryson, J. V. (Theatre Record Ledger) 487 Butts Adv. Co 452 Byron Chandler, Inc 456 Classified Advertisements 475 Corcoran, A. J 460 Eastman Kodak Co 467 Educational Film Releases 469 Frohman Amusement Co 467 Gillette Runyan Adv. Co 452 Gunbv Bros 458 Henry. C. L 4S5 Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co 4.84 Industrial Moving Picture Co 485 International Film Products Co 4.85 Kraus Mfg. Co 467 Laemmle Film Service 464 Las Vegas Commercial Club 484 Lewis, Edgar 460 Pennsylvania Censorship 421 Photoplay Wright. The 386 Picture Offends Negroes 428 "Prohibition" (Prohibition Film Corp.) 399 Projection Department .388 ■Pursuit, Eternal, The" (Imp) 398 "Quicksands of Society, The" (Biograph).. 397 'Rah for Reading 372 Review of Current Productions 395 Revising Cleveland Code 425 "Road o' Strife," A Model Serial 380 "Runaway June" Contest 40O "Snow Burner, The" (Essanay) 395 Steger, Julius 37S Strand Celebrates First Anniversary 366 Tent Show Decision 424 Thanhouser's Triple Coup 374 "Twilight Sleep" on the Screen 390 Two Studies in Life 397 Uncle Sam Bans Prize Fight Films 366 Value of Good Sites 414 Vitagraph Theater Program 370 Wells, Marie Edith 375 ■■When Hearts are Young" (Biograph).... 397 William V. Ranous Dead 366 Monarch Film Service 452 Moore, William N 464 Motion Picture Directory Co 485 Motion Picture Electricity 471 M. P. Exhibitors' League of America 488 Motion Picture Specialty Corp 486 National Ticket Co 480 Newman, I. C, Co 489 One-Drop Oil Co 460 Standard Motion Picture Co 489 Stockton's Scriptwriting Service 48.9 Trade Circular Addressing Co 48B MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS. Gennert, G 469 MUSICAL. INSTRUMENTS. Deagan, J. C 489 Seeburg, J. P., Piano Co 460 Sinn, Clarence E 489 OPBRA CHAIR MANUFACTURERS. American Seating Co 489 Andrews, A. H., Co 489 Peabody School Fruniture Co 489 Steel Furniture Co 489 Wisconsin Seating Co 489 POSTERS AND FRAMBS. Davis Bros 487 Exhibitors' Adv. Co 484 Goes Lithographing Co 458 Newman Mfg. Co 456 Theater Specialty & Mfg. Co 452 PROJECTION HACHINB MAJTUFACTUIU BRS. American Standard Motion Picture Machine Co 447 Enterprise Optical Co 467 Power. Nicholas, Co 492 Precision Machine Co 433 PROJECTION SCREEN MANUFACTURERS. Day & Night Screens. Inc 484 Center, J. H., Co 473 Minusa Cine Products Co 463 Radium Gold Fibre Screen Co 469 Simpson, Alfred L 484 PROJECTION SLIDES. Midland Transparency Co 452 Novelty Slide Co 487 Utility Transparency Co 471 THK»TR?r4I, /VRrniTECTS. Decorators' Supply Co 487 Kinsila, Edw. Barnard 4ea CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. (.Continued from page 475.) FOR SALE — Thirty second-hand Keystone comedies $30 and up. Forty Foreign and American comedies viO with and wiOiout paper. Also copy "Female Raffles" nearly new. with three sets new photos. $105. $2 deposit required. Maver Silverman, 105 4th Are., Pitts., Pa. FOR SALE — 500 flrst-clasB single reela In A-l condition, with or without posters ; $5 up. Exchanges looking tor A-l commerctala, get In touch with us at once. Also 2 and S reel come dies and dramas. Federal Feature Film Co., 220 West 42d St.. N. T. City. MISCELLANEOUS. EXHIBITORS — Double your present business. Send stamps for complete free plan. McPherson. 900 N. LaSalle St. Chicago, iil. NEGATIVE DEVELOPED— And nosltlve print 4c. Titles 5c. Perforated negative stock 3%e. ft. Positive 3r. Buckeye Motion Picture Co.. Wapakoneta, Ohio. HOW — To dramatize moving pictures. My 50-page book tells you how. Every piano player should have one. Send 25 cents. S, Cooperman, 5925 S. State St.. Chicago, 111. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WANTED. WANTED TO BUY — Wurlltzcr Orchestra Piano, style F or G. must be in good condition and a bargain. Write immediately to Crockett Brown, Unique Theater, Nashwauk, Minn.