Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1917)

Page scan 000552 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Apr-Jun 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1917)
Leaf #:
000552
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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498 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April 21, 1917 I 1ST "H T7 V .._-..-.-» TO CONTENTS Advertising for Exhibitors 417 American Eclair to Resume Business 405 At Leading Picture Theaters 436 -Atlanta .Council Stops Sunday Shows 472 Australian Notes 438 Beresford, Frank, Technical Director 436 "Birth Control" (Message) 451 British Notes 437 Brooklyn Exhibitors' Meeting 406 ••Builders of Castles" (Edison) 450 Burke, Billie, With Famous-Lasky 405 Calcutta Letter 441 Calendar of Daily Program Releases 484 Chicago News Letter 428 Cincinnati League Prepares to Aid Nation.. 474 Comments on the Films 452 "Cost of Hatred, The" (Lasky) 448 Dallas' Old Mill Rises Anew 480 "Dead Come Back. The" (Pathe) 447 Detrimental Laws Sidetracked 481 Devereaux, Jack, Featured by Triangle 440 Dawn, Allan, Now at Work in East 477 Earle, Edward, Actor 434 Evansville Operators' Local Banquet 477 Facts and Comments 399 Farewell Feed to Douglas Fairbanks 405 Film Export Notes 437 Flashes and Dashes 401 "Flower of Doom, The" (Red Feather) 449 "Forget-Me-Not" (World) 446 General Film Co. of Canada 40S Goldwyn Campaign Successful 410 Goldwyn to Establish Exchanges 408 "God's Man" (Frohman) 449 Green, Al, Director 441 "Her Greatest Love" (Fox) 447 Herrington on the Road 406 "High Play" (Mutual) 446 How Do They Do It? 401 Humphrey, William, with Ivan 409 "Hunting of the Hawk, The" (Pathe) 447 Illinois Censorship Bill, The 406 Illinois State Convention 407 Ince, Ralph and John, Join 408 "Inevitable, The" (Erbograph) 450 Kansas League Meeting 407 King, R. Henry, in "Fortune Photoplay"... 440 List of Current Film Release Dates, 500, 502, 504, 506 Manufacturers' Advance Notes 455 "Manxman, The" (Cosmofotofilm) 451 Mayor Davis Forbids "Nation" Film Showing 474 McTammany, Ruth, as Alma 440 Menace to the Drama, A 400 Memphis Sees a Theater Building Boom... 476 Mill City, New Faces to Meet at 479 Moss Theater. New 435 Motion Picture Educator 443 Motion Picture Exhibitor, The 406 Motion Picture Photography 424 "Mrs. Balfame" (Mutual) 451 "Munitions Plot. The" (Kalem) 446 Music for the Picture 426 New Fire Rules 434 News of Los Angeles and Vicinity 430 "Old Fashioned Young Man. An" (Triangle) 448 Open Booking Finds Favor in Detroit. . . . 475 Opposed to Wheeler Bill 403 "Paddy O'Hara" (Triangle) 448 Parent-Teachers Shows Failures 478 Philadelphia Film Men Volunteer Aid 468 Photoplay League Plans 436 Photoplaywright, The 420 Picture Conditions in Japan 439 Picture Theaters Projected 466 Players for Baltimore Ball 407 Popular Picture Personalities 427 Portland, Ore., Admissions Up In — Portsmouth, Va., May Tax High Admissions 470 "Power of Decision, The" (Metro) 450 Prohibited Exports 445 Projection Department 421 Quincy, III., New Theater in, to Be Part of Chain • • . . . 473 Reviews of Current Productions 446 Richardson Lets Out a Link 411 Rosenthal, Jack, Shows Films at Majestic. 477 St. Louis, What Is Doing in Film Circles. 476 San Francisco Strand Opened March 15.... 481 "School for Husbands, A" (Lasky) 448 Scores Scenario Schools 416 Spokane, Mutual and General Close Offices.. 482 Spokes from the Hub 442 Stevens, Josephine 433 Stories of the Films 486 Sunday Closing in Pullman 482 Technical Men Discuss Trade Progress.... 404 Theater is Church on Sundays Before Shows 469 Thomas. Olive, with Triangle 433 Triangle's New Booking Policy 410 "Tyrant of Chiracahua, The" (Kalem) 446 Urban Takes Hosley's Bayonne Studio.... 433 Van Loan, H. H., Leaves Universal 416 War Film Syndicate, New 435 Waste of Film in Maritime Provinces 471 "War on Three Fronts" (Selznick) 447 Wheeler Motion Picture Bill in Synopsis. . 402 "Wings of Death, The" (Pathe) 447 "Womanhood , The Glory of the Nation" (Greater Vitagraph) 449 TO ADVERTISERS CARBONS & CARBON ACCESSORIES. Jones & Cammack 491 National Carbon Co 508 Speer' Carbon Co 511 CHAIR AND SEAT MANUFACTURERS. Steel Furniture Co 494 ELECTRIC & MECHANICAL, EQUIP. Amusement Supply Co 512 Calehuff Supply Co 512 Fulton, E. E 492 Globe Ventilator Co 509 Hallberg, J. H 490 Hertner Elec. 8k Mfg. Co 490 Langstadt-Meyer Co 510 Northwestern Electric Co 512 Porter, B. F 510 Swaab, Lewis M 492 Typhoon Fan Co 510 Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co 495 FILM EXCHANGES Bradenburgh, G. W 510 LENS MANUFACTURERS. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co 501 MFRS. OF MOVING PICTURES. Arrow Film Corp 383 Artcraft Pictures Corp 358-59 Art Dramas, Inc 376-77 Balboa Amusement Producing Corp 387 Bernstein Film Productions 371 Bluebird Photoplays, Inc 370 B. S. Moss Motion Picture Corp 3SS-S9 Benjamin Chapin Studios 346 Christie Film Co 362 Cinema War News Syndicate Colored Insert Clune Producing Co 490 Cosmofotofilm Co., Inc 378 De Luxe Spoilers Co 499 Eclair Film Co.. Inc 482 E. I. S. Mot. Pi.'t. Corp 367 Edward Warren Productions 351 Essanay Film Mfg. Co 347, 390-91 Flora Finch Comedy Film Co 382 Fox Film Corp 352-54 Frohman Amusement Corp 380 Gaumont Co 366 General Film Co 397 Goldwyn Pictures Corp 368-69 Grafton Film Publishing Co 490 Graphic Features 379 Hanover Film Co 4S5 Heroic France Film Syndicate 483 Hiller & Wilk 381 Horsley, David. Productions 365 Ince Productions 392-93 Kalem Co 398 La Salle Films Co 390 Metro Pictures Corp Colored Insert Mutual Film Corp Colored Insert, 363 National Drama Corp 490 Mable Normand Feature Film Co 386 Paragon Films. Inc 374-75 Paramount Pictures Corp 355-57 Pathe Exchange, Inc., The.. . Colored Insert. 505 Selig Polyscope Co 396 Selznick, Lewis J., Enterprises 360-fil Triangle Distributing Corp 384-85 Universal Film Mfg. Co 348-50 Variety Films Corp 395 Vogue Films. Inc 364 Lois Weber Productions Colored Insert World Film Corp 372-73 MISCELLANEOUS. American Bioscope Co 48 ( Automatic Ticket Selling & C. R. Co 490 Bioscope. The 512 Classified Advertisements 497 Corcoran. A. J 492 Duhem Motion Picture Mfg. Co 510 Eastman Kodak Co 513 Erbosraph Co 491 Evans Film Mfg. Co 494 Gunby Bros 490 II Tirso Cinematografo 512 Indiana Exhibitors' Convention 508 Kansas Exhibitors' Convention 507 Kassel, M 491 Kinematograph Weekly, The 491 Kraus Mfg. Co 492 Moore. Wm. N 491 Motion Picture Charity Ball 514 Motion Picture Directory Co 510 National Ticket Co 493 Richardson, F. H 510 Richardson's M. P. Handbook 513 Rothacker Film Mfg. Co 515 Seventh Natl. Exposition & Convention 503 Sills, Milton 499 Standard M. P. Co 490 Superior Films, Inc 490 Williams, A. F 491 Willis & Inglis 494 MOVING PICTURE CAMERAS. Burke & James, Inc 494 Gennert, G 511 Motion Picture Apparatus Co 507 MUSIC A MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. American Photo Player Co 501 Deagan. J. C, Musical Bells, Inc 490 Sinn, Clarence E ■ 494 POSTERS AND FRAMES. Menger & Ring 491 National Poster Co 487 Newman Mfg. Co 512 PROJECTION MACHINERY MFRS. Enterprise Optical Mfg. Co 509 Power. Nicholas. Co 516 Precision Mch. Co 513 PROJECTION SCREEN MFRS. Gold King Screen Co., Inc 510 Minusa Cine Products Co 512 Radium Gold Fibre Screen, Inc 496 THEATRICAL ARCHITECTS. Decorators' Supply Co 511 In Answering Advertisements, Please Mention THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD