Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1917)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Apr-Jun 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1917)
Leaf #:
000450
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:
September 21, 2023
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396 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April 21, 1917 S SAN AY "Little Lost Sister" The latest of the Selig Red Seal Plays and one that is getting the money wherever shown. "A real gold mine," writes an Illinois Exhibitor. "Packed them in and they stood out in the rain waiting for seats," is the information sent in by a New York theatre owner. The Motion Picture News says : "An all-star cast, good photography and care of detail are chief points in favor of 'Little Lost Sister.' To the unsophisticated, the picture will no doubt be a revelation of the methods of the vice syndicates supposed to exist in every city. The moral of the Biblical admonition in reference to casting the first stone will be conveyed to them." Book These, They Are Winners ! "The Rosary" (Kathlyn Williams), "Carpet from Bagdad" (Kathlyn Williams), "Into the Primitive" (Kathlyn Williams), "Valiants of Virginia" (Kathlyn Williams), "The Millionaire Baby" (Grace Darmond), "A Texas Steer" (Tyrone Power), "Unto Those Who Sin" (Fritzi Brunette), "The Circular Staircase" (Stella Razeto and Eugenie Besserer), "Thou Shalt Not Covet" (Kathlyn Williams and Tyrone Power), "A Black Sheep" (Otis Harlan), "Sweet Alyssum," "The Country That God Forgot." Selig Polyscope Co, CHICAGO