Moving Picture World (April-June 1915)

Page scan 0001647 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 #:
0001647
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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June 5, 1915 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1567 An Announcement Extraordinary! Kalem again comes to the front with an announcement of special interest to exhibitors! Beginning Monday, July 12th, and every alternate Monday thereafter, we will release a four-reel feature production in our REGULAR SERVICE, and we promise you a series of novelties that will stand out in a class bv themselves. The Big Scene at Maxim's Midnight Show We will start the procession of four-reelers with a headliner now being produced at our big Cliffside studio. MAXIM'S AT MIDNIGHT The Most Expensive Motion Picture Ever Produced in the Vicinity of New York ^^ In this spectacular creation you will see the principal entertainers from Maxim's, Bustanoby's and Rector's, augmented by a ballet of sixty of the handsomest chorus girls from the season's Broadway successes. In our four-reel pictures we propose to give you the best that money will obtain. Popular actors and actresses who have made Broadway successes, and ^\ho have ability to act before the camera as well as on the stajre. will appear in these production . Don't Forget the Date the Four-Reelers Start — MONDAY, JULY 12th, AND EVERY ALTERNATE MONDAY THEREAFTER KALEM COMPANY 235 W^est 23cl Street NEW YORK CITY. N. Y.