Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1916)

Page scan 0001521 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1916
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1916)
Leaf #:
0001521
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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December 2, 1916 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1389 WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN ANNOUNCING THAT THE FOLLOWING FILM MANUFACTURERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH FROM ONE TO NINE PROJECTORS Artcraft Pictures Corp. Clara Kimball Young Film Corp. Erbograph Co. Famous Players Film Co. Thos. H. Ince Studios Mutual Film Corp. New York Motion Picture Corp. Paramount Pictures Corp. Popular Players Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. Triangle Film Corp. Universal Film Mfg. Co. World Film Corp. and many American Film Laboratories Biograph Co. Eclipse Film Laboratory Equitable Motion Picture Corp. Essanay Co. Fox Film Corp. Metro Pictures Corp. National Drama Film Corp. Paragon Films, Inc. Pathe Freres Thanhouser Film Corp. Unicom Film Service Corp. Wark Producing Co. others REPRESENTING 90% OF THE FILM MANUFACTURERS. ThePrecision MACHmE"(o:TNc. 317 East 34th: StNewYork ^'Just Crying for American Filnis^^ This is the way a foreign fihn buyer put the case a few days ago. Even in some of the European countries our American films are steadily gaining favor in competition with the production of the home manufacturers in their own countries. #i¥lfIE)ML is the only Spanish film paper that is popularizing American films in all the South American and Spanish speaking countries. The old prejudices against American films are rapidly dying on account of the undeniable excellence of most of the recent big American productions. Even if not quite ready to handle this export business, now is the time to popularize your trade brand. THE RATE ON EACH MONTHLY ISSUE IS VERY REASONABLE. FORMS ON THE DECEMBER ISSUE CLOSE NOV. 24TH. Write to-day. CHALMERS PUBLISHING CO., 17 Madison Avenue, New York City (Publishers of Moving Picture World)