Moving Picture World (Jul 1921)

Page scan 000522 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul 1921
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul 1921)
Leaf #:
000522
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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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474 MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 30, 1921 FILM DISTRIBUTORS LEAGUE, Inc. MAURICE FLECKLES WILLIAM ALEXANDER President Secretary HARRY A. LANDE T reasurer Presents A MORRIS BROWN HERMAN RIFKIN First Vice-President Second Vice-President THOMAS H. INCE Production THOMAS H. INCE Of ORRIN JOHNSON The Three Musketeers DOROTHY DALTON By ALEXANDRE DUMAS With ORRIN JOHNSON LOUISE GLAUM DOROTHY DALTON-LOUISE GLAUM A story that has been read A play that has been seen By Millions Adaptation of D’ Artagnan NOW READY FOR BOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGES ALEXANDER FILM CORP-, 130 W. 46th Street, New York. LANDE FILM DIST. CO., 201 Broadway Film Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. SUPREME FILM CO., 732 So. Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal. FRIEDMAN FILM CORP., 202 Film Exchange Building, Minneapolis, Minn. FAVORITE PLAYERS FILM CORP., 726-732 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111. SUPREME PHOTO PLAYS 58 Exchange Place, Salt Lake City. LANDE FILM DIST. CO., 301 Cleveland Film Building, Cleveland, Ohio. SUPREME FILM CO., 86 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, Cad. LANDE FILM DIST. CO., 145 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. CAPITAL FILM EXCHANGE, 1314 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. QUALITY FILM CORP., 414 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. H. RIFKINS PICTURES CO., 130 Meadow Street, New Haven, Conn. FAVORITE PLAYERS FILM CORP., Indianapolis, Ind. SUPREME PHOTOPLAY CO., 1446 Welton Street, Denver, Colo. RELIANCE FILM EXCHANGE, 916 G Street, W., Washington, D. C. EASTERN FEATURE FILM, 57-59 Church Street, Boston, Mass. FAVORITE FILM CO., 143 E. Elizabeth Street, Detroit, Mich. SUPREME PHOTO PLAYS, 2014 3rd Avenue, Seattle, Wash. FAVORITE PLAYERS FILM CORP., Toy Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis. ..... ..