Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1917)

Page scan 0001282 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 #:
0001282
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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1172 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending May 19 and May 26 May 19, 1917 (For Extended Table of Current Releases See Pages 1190, 1192, 1194, 1196.) Universal Film Mfg. Company Mutual Film Corporation MONDAY, MAW 14, 1917. BUTTERFLY — The Phantom's Secret (Five parts — Drama) NESTOR — To Oblige a Vampire (Comedy I TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1917. GOLD SEAL — The Honor of an Outlaw (Three parts — Drama) VICTOR — Fat and Foolish (Comedy) WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1917. L-KO — A Good Little Bad Boy (Two parts — Comedy) UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly No. 72 (Topical) . . 02409 02410 02411 02412 02413 02414 THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. VICTOR— Breaking the Family Strike (Comedy)... 02416 IMP — The Puzzle Woman (Drama) 02416 REX — The Gift of the Fairies (Comedy— Drama) . . . 02417 FRIDAY', MAY 18, 1917. LAEMMLE — Her Great Dilemma (Two parts — Drama) 02418 UNIVERSAL — Screen Magazine Issue No. 19 (Educational) 02419 BIG U— The Brand of Death (Drama) 02420 SATURDAY, MAY, 19, 1917. BISON — Casey's Border Raid (Two parts — ComedyDrama) 02421 JOKER — The Last Scent (Comedy) 02422 SUNDAY', MAY 20, 1917. POWERS — When Does a Hen Lay an Egg (Cartoon Comedy — and Dorsey Educational) 02423 IMP — The Case of Dr. Standing (Two Parts — Drama) 02424 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL FEATURE— The Voice on the Wire (Episode No. 10 — Two Parts — Drama) 02425 SPECIAL RELEASES ON UNIVERSAL, PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 21. BUTTERFLY — Like Wildfire (Five Reels) 20426 NESTOR — Moving Day (Comedy) 02427 GOLD SEAL — A 44-Calibre Mystery (Three Reel Drama) 02428 L-KO — Beach Nuts (Two Reel Comedy) 02430 UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY— Weekly No. 73 02431 UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue No. 20... 02432 JOKER — The Boss of The Family (Comedy) 02437 POWERS — Cupid Gets Some New Dope (Comedy Cartoon and Navigation in China (Dorsey Ed — Split Reel) 02440 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber in "The Voice on the Wire (Episode No. 11 — At the Poisoned Door — Two Reels).... 02442 REGULAR RELEASES ON UNIVERSAL PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 21. VICTOR — Who Said Chicken? (Comedy) 02429 VICTOR — Mary Ann In Society (Comedy Drama).. 02432 REX — Unmasked (Drama) 02433 LAEMMLE — Money's Mockery (Two Reel Drama) . . 02434 BISON — Dropped From the Clouds (Two Reel Comedy) 02436 LAEMMLE — The Light of Love (Drama) 02439 BIG U — The Smashing Stroke (Two Reel Drama) . . 02441 MONDAY. MAY 14. 1917. ROTHACKER— Manning Our Navy (Patriotic Special) 05510-A SIGNAL — The Railroad Raiders (No. 6, "The Overland Disaster". — Two parts — Drama) 05511-12 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTIONS— Annie for Spite (American — Five parts — Drama) 05513-14-15-16-17 CAHILL — When Betty Bets (Two parts — Comedy).. 05518-19 TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1917. GAUMONT — Tours Around the World No. 28 (Subjects on the Reel: Castles of the Loire, France; Barbados, West Indies) (Travel) 05520 WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1917. MUTUAL, — Mutual Weekly No. 124 (Topical) 05521 STRAND — Miss Trixie of the Follies (Comedy) 05522 THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. CUB — Jerry's Finishing Touch (Comedy) 05523 GAUMONT — Reel Life No. 55 (Subjects on Reel: Speeding the Spoken Word; The Toothsome Crab; Beating the High Cost of Furs; A School on the Beach) (Mutual Film Magazine) 05524 FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917. MONMOUTH — Jimmie Dale, Alias The Grey Seal (Chapter 9, "The Alibi" — Two parts — Drama).. 05525-26 SATURDAY. MAY 19, 1917. VOGUE— Caught In the End (Two parts— Comedy) . 05527-28 MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917. ROTHACKER— A Zeppelin Attack on New York... 05529 SIGNAL — The Railroad Raiders (Chapter No. 7, "Mistaken Identity" — Two Parts — Drama) 05530-31 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION — The Check Mate (Horkheimer — Five Parts— Drama) 05532-33-34-35-36 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— The Mirror (Powell Five Parts — Drama) 05537-38-39-40-41 LA SALLE — Chubby Inherits a Harem (Two Parts — Comedy) 05542-43 TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1917. GAUMONT — Tours Around the World No. 29 (Subjects on Reel — Cadiz, Spain; River Life near Paris; The Rock of Gibraltar; Martinique, West Indies (Travel) 05544 WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. 1917. MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 125 (Topical) 05545 STRAND — Two of a Kind (Comedy) 05546 THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917. CUB — Jerry Joins the 'Army (Comedy) 06547 GAUMONT— Reel Life No. 56 (Subject on Reel — Sugar Industry of Barbados; Plowing With a Motor Car; Caviar, The Russian Delicacy; Golfing on Wheels; $1,000 Playhouse (Mutual Film Magazine) 0554S FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917. MONMOUTH — Two Crooks and a Knave (Chapter 10 of "Jimmy Dale alias the Grey Seal" — Two Parts — Drama) 05543-50 SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917. VOGUE — Flirting With Danger (Two Parts — Comedy) 05551-52