Moving Picture World (April-June 1915)

Page scan 000613 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 #:
000613
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 24, 1915 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 581 Features Masterpieces Complete or in Preparation The DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Drama by Charles Klein and Harrison Grey Fiske THE EVANGELIST, Drama by Sir Henry Arthur Jones THE CLIMBERS, Drama by Clyde Fitch MRS. DANE'S DEFENSE, Drama by Sir Henry Arthur Jones THE GREAT RUBY, Drama by Cecil Raleigh HEARTS ARE TRUMPS, Drama by Cecil Raleigh Plays To Be Produced Judah By Sir Henr}/ Arthur Jones Thais By Paul Wilstach Zira. . .By J. Hartley Manners and Henry Miller Two Women By Rupert Hughes Sporting Life By Cecil Raleigh The Pointsman By Cecil Raleigh The Great Millionaire . By Cec The Flood Tide By Cec Cheer, Boys, Cheer. ... By Ceci The Bigamist By Lewis Allen The Great Wall Street Mystery By Charles Klein Hearts Aflame. By Genevieve G. Haines 1 Raleigh 1 Raleigh 1 Raleigh The Great Divide By William Vaughn Moody The Deserters . By Robert Payton Carter Peck's Bad Boy By George W. Peck Zora By Edwin Arden The Ladder of Life. . . .By Edwin Arden The Pilot By Edwin Arden The Truth. .^ By Clyde Fitch The Woman in the Case . By Clyde Fitch The Man Who Stood Still By Jules Eckert Goodman The Cipher Code By Charles Klein The Next of Kin By Charles Klein The Common Law Wife By Charles Klein AND MANY OTHERS Broadway Stars Under Contract RAYMOND HITCHCOCK, MARIE DRESSLER, EDWIN ARDEN, GLADYS HANSON and others to follow 1600 BROADWAY, N. Y. CITY