Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1923)

Page scan 000441 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Nov-Dec 1923
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1923)
Leaf #:
000441
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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November 24, 1923 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 357 “A Long, Riotous Laugh— UNCLE SAM Educational — Mermaid — Two Reels This Mermaid Comedy with a hardworking, funny, all-star cast is the best two-reeler that firm has issued, in the humble opinion of the writer — and Mermaid has had quite some winners put through E. W. Hammons’ organization. But this is a darb, for you know what that means. For those who are in ignorance concerning the show definition of a ‘*darb,” the writer ventures to say it is to the picture theatre boxoffice what the shekels passed over at a world’s series booth is to baseball. ***A corking good two-reeler worthy of being featured on any bill and illuminated out in the electric lights. A long, riotous laugh from beginning to end. *<”Tf this comedy doesn’t make them double up with laughter, we’ll stop looking at pictures. ROGER FERRI, in Motion Picture News. EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES, Inc. President If this Comedy doesn’t make them double up with laughter, we’ll stop looking at pictures.” — ROGER FERRI, in Motion Picture News OUR DEAR UNCLE Uncle A Jack White Production With LEE MORAN FULL OF ORIGINAL, CLEVER FUN