Moving Picture World (Jul-Aug 1922)

Page scan 000500 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul-Aug 1922
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul-Aug 1922)
Leaf #:
000500
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
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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For Pre-release Oru AUGUST, 192 For National Release SEPTEMBER 10, 1922 lib presents RAY C. SMALLWOOD’S greatest spectacular production. QUEEN OF THE MOULIN ROUGE From Paul Potter’s Famous Play The most colorful and sensational picture ever directed by a man responsible for many of the screen’s unusual pictures and Nazimova’s greatest successes; the best work of the man whose “My Old Kentucky Home” has been the outstanding hit of the past summer season. With a cast that includes Martha Mansfield, Joe Striker and Henry Harmon. With unusual art direction by Ben Carre. With scenes taken in Paris and picturesque Quebec. And from the play that gave American theatre-goers a thrill that they still remember. A melodrama, yes! A love story, certainly! A moving, fast, panoramic picture of the notorious Parisian Red Mill with all of its excitements and gaieties. This title says to your public: “Come on in! Come on in! Here’s a story and a production to hold your interest!” If you have booked in some tombstone picture that says to your public “Stay away!” throw it out and book “Queen of the Moulin Rouge” as fast as you can. You better wire for this one. A hundred prints can serve only one hundred theatres at the same time, and it’s a big country. IVmerican RELEASING CORPORATION In Canada: Canadian Releasing Corporation. Limited