Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1916)

Page scan 0001151 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1916
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1916)
Leaf #:
0001151
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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February 19, 1916 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1083 An IVAN Production Written and Directed by IVAN ABRAMSON Truly, a "Better Than Program" feature, this Six-reel picture should properly be classed as a SPECIAL PRODUCTION. It contains all the elements which go to make a Masterpicture. Acclaimed by critics as the most noteworthy feature of the month, it is destined to receive still greater praise from the photoplay theatre patrons. Edward Weitzel. in "The Moving Picture World," says : "The opening episode of this six-reel photoplay is a stroke of genius." We repeat, get in touch with the Ivan exchange in your territory and book "A Fool's Paradise," the Ivan February release. Ivan Film Productions, Inc. 126 West 46th Street, New York City IVAN EXCHANGES NEW ENGLAND— E. W. Lynch Enterprises, Boston and Worcester, Mass. NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY —Merit Film Corp.. New York City. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA—Liberty Film Renting Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. OHIO— Standard Film Service Co., Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. MICHIGAN— Standard Film Service Co., Detroit. INDIANA AND KENTUCKY— General Feature Film Co., Mailers Bldg., Chicago, 111. ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN^^eneral Feature Film Co., Mailers Bldg., Chicago, 111. MINNESOTA. NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN— Zenith Feature Film Co., Lyceum Bldg., Duluth, Minn. IOWA, NEBRASKA, MISSOURI, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA— Monarch Feature Film Co., Kansas City, Mo. CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND ARIZONA— All Star Features Distributors, San Francisco and Los Angeles. TEXAS, LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS— Central Feature Film Co., Waco, Texas. FOREIGN RIGHTS— Winik-Brock, New York and London.