Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1918
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1918)
Leaf #:
000714
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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636 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD February 2, 1918 ■Fl TENTj? and ADVE1T "^ Advertising Aids for Busy Managers 717 Advertising for Exhibitors 667 Blizzard Spoils Sunday for Many Theaters. 708 British Notes 682 "Broadway Love" (Bluebird) 687 Careless Operators Misuse Films 680 Casual Thoughts on Sunday Closing 640 Calendar of Daily Program Releases 720 Capital City Exhibitors on Anxious Seat.. 704 Catalog of Educational Pictures Released Between October 1 and December 31, 1917. 659 Chaplin Studio Opened for Business 677 "Cheating the Public" (Fox) 684 Chicago News Letter 645 Comments on the Films 689 "Count and the Wedding Guest, The" (General Film) 686 "Cupids Round-Up" (Fox) 683 Dallas' New Queen Theater to Reopen 712 "Eagle's Eye. The" (Wharton) 688 Exhibitors Watch New Kentucky Legislature. 710 Facts and Comments 637 "Fields of Honor" (Goldwyn) 684 Film Stories 724 Filmdom Doings in Pittsburgh Last Week.. 711 Films to Fill Dark Time at Spokane Lyric. 713 "Fourth in Salvador, The" (General Film). 686 Fuel Administration Permits One Lamp. . 706 "Gates of Gladness" (World) 686 Grinding the Crank 666 "Gun Woman, The" (Triangle) 684 CARBONS AND CARBON ACCESSORIES. Speer Carbon Co 736 CHAIR AND SEATING MANUFACTURERS. Du Pont Fabrikoid Co 738 Steel Furniture Co 726 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. Amusement . Supply Co 737 Cushman Motor Wks 735 Exhibitors' Supply Co 726 Moving Picture Machine Co 725 Northwestern Electric Co 733 Porter. B. F 729 Swaab. Lewis M 725 Typhoon Fan Co 733 Universal Motor Co 737 United Theater Equipment Corp 739 FILM EXCHANGES. Film Exchange. The 726 LENS MANUFACTURERS. Gundlach-Manhattan Co 738 LOBBY DISPLAY. Kraus Mfg. Co 727 Newman Mfg. Co 737 MANUFACTURERS OF INDUSTRIAL PICTURES. Cromlow Studios 727 Duhem M. P. Co 733 Erbograph Co 720 TO CONTENTS Happenings in Kansas City Film Circles.. 709 "Her American Husband" (Triangle).... 684 "His Robe of Honor" (Paralta) 685 How War Affects Pictures 648 Housewarming, A 644 How It Is Done at the Strand 679 "Imposter, The" (Mutual) 686 "In Bad" (Mutual) 685 "Innocent" (Pathe) 683 "Jules of the Strong Heart" (Paramount). 683 List of Current Film Release Dates, 728, 730, 732, 734 Lustig Wants Action 643 Manufacturers' Advance Notes 691 "Menace, The" (Vitagraph) 687 Midwinter Convention of Michigan Exhibitors 642 Michigan Theaters Closes Monday and Tuesday 716 Motion Picture and the War, The 678 Motion Picture Educator 659 Motion Picture Exhibitor, The 642 Motion Picture Photography 674 Music for the Picture 675 "My Own United States" (Frohman) 685 Nashville Jumlant Over Great Factory. ... 712 New England Theaters Are Closing Early.. 703 News of Los Angeles and Vicinity 647 Not a Combination, Says Berst 677 Notes of the Film Trade in San Francisco.. 713 Our National Parks Pictured 680 "Out West" (Paramount) 688 TO ADVERTISERS Evans Film Mfg. Co 733 Gunby Bros 726 Rothacker Film Mfg. Co 727 MANUFACTURERS OF MOVING PICTURES. Broadway Star Features 635 Clune Producing Co 725 Dintenfass. Mark 610 Essanay Film Mfg. Co 595, 633-34 Export & Import Film Co 622-23 First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc. .608-09 Fox Film Corp '..624-26 Frohman Amusement Co 631 Cenpral Enterprises, Inc 629 Goldwyn Pictures Corp 606-07 Hodkinson, W. W., Corp 620 Jester Comedy Co 733 Jewl Productions, Inc 594 Metro Pictures Corp Colored Insert Mutual Film Corp 619 Paralta Pictures Corp 621 Paramount Pictures Corp 599, 600-03 Pathe Exchange. Inc., The 611-12 Select Pictures Corp 604-05 Triangle Distrib. Corp 616-17 Universal Film Mfg. Co 596-9S U. S. Exhibitors' Booking Corp 618 Whatron Releasing Corp 628 W. H. Production Co 630 World Film Corp 613-15 MISCELLANEOUS Anti-Censorship Slides 737 Automatic T. S. & C. R. Co 725 Bioscope. The 726 Bound Volumes 738 Brookins Co.. The 733 Cine Mundial 735 Cinema. The 737 Pathe Cuts Production in Two 665 Pennsylvania Censor Says Films Are Good. 705 Photoplaywright, The 670 Picture Theaters Projected 701 Portland Exhibiting Conditions to Change.. 714 President Persuades Theater Men 641 Projection Department 671 Quality Regardless of Cost 639 Repeal of Maryland Censor Law Has Chance 643 Reviews of Current Productions 683 "Rimrock Jones" (Paramount 686 Rocky Mountain Screen Club's New Officers. 707 Rogers, David C, Boosting League on Coast 642 Roth, Eugene H., in New York 644 Russian Art Films. The 640 Sales of the Week 657 Shipping to Switzerland 646 Solving Problems of a Neighborhood House 715 "Spirit of '17, The". (Paramount) 687 State Rights List 649 State Rights Department 649 Ton Wise and Tons Foolish, A 639 Trade News oi the Week 703 Tribute to St. Louis Film Men, A 681 Universal Will Back Government 646 When Tinting and Toning Is Effective 679 "Why Henry Left Home" (Metro) 687 Why the Falling Off? 639 "Winding Trail, The" (Metro) 684 World Film Magnanimous 679 "Zongar", (Physical Culture) 688 .Classified Advertisements 729' Eastman Kodak Co 736 Far Eastern Cinema Exchange, Inc 736 Gaumont Co 632 Kinematograph Weekly, The 735 La Cinematografia Italiana 735 Moore. Wm. N 725 M. P. Directory Co 737 M. P. World Circulation Coupon 729 M. P. World Publications 731 National Ticket Co 724 Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund 725 Producer, c/o M. P. World 133 Sellers, Benjamin, & Sons..." 736 MOVING PICTURE CAMERAS. Burke & James, Inc 727 Bass Camera Co. 726 MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. American Photoplayer Co "27 Marquette Piano Co 726 Sinn, Clarence E 726 PROJECTION MACHINE MANUFACTURERS. De Vry Corp., The 735 Enterprise Optical Mfg. Co 725 Power. Nicholas Co 740 Precision Machine Co 721 PROJECTION SCREEN MANUFACTURERS. Gold King Screen Co 735 THEATRICAL ARCHITECTS. Decorators' Supply Co 73i In Answering Advertisements, Please Mention THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD