Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Nov-Dec 1923
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1923)
Leaf #:
000629
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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“Buster Keaton may be proud of ‘Our Hospitality,’ his latest picture, at the Warfield Theatre. “Buster is at least o»* comedian with a desire to really act, who had the ability to convince his producer and manager into letting him try it. “In ‘Our Hospitality’ Buster Keaton proves that he is a comedian, dramatic actor and acrobat par excellence. Natalie Talmadge, Mrs. Buster Keaton in private life, is the ‘girl’ of the story. Pretty and with much of the talent of her two famous sisters Natalie is more than acceptable in the part. Baby Buster also appears as well as Grandfather Joe Keaton and another young actor, Ralph Bushman, son of Francis X. Bushman. — San Francisco Call. “ ‘Our Hospitality,’ Keaton’s best comedy, is showing, and the Warfield is as noisy and full of hubbub and laughter and back-slapping and roars as a political smoker with the punch-bowl flowing freely. “His adventures in a river, down rapids, hanging over waterfalls, etc., are a series of breath-taking surprises that outdo those in ‘Way Down East.’ “Natalie Talmadge turns a real heroine and gets swept over a cliff, but luck favors their romance, and when papa and brothers get on the scene, the parson has done his little trick. “Plenty of rich comedy touches abound. You laugh as you see the engineer’s little dog outrun the train. Papa Keaton is the engineer, and Baby Keaton is the youngest juvenile.' '•—San Francisco Bulletin. NATALIE TALMADGE ( mrs. buster keaton) “ ‘Our Hospitality,’ which yesterday came to the Warfield for the first showing anywhere, is in my opinion the most enjoyable of the Buster Keaton comedies. “There are many unexpected turns in the plot, with humor all the way to the satisfactory finish. “Miss Talmadge plays the Southern girl in pretty manner. Keaton’s father drives the engine of the old-time train, ‘The Rocket,’ so that three generations of the comedian’s family are represented in the film. Another member of the cast is Ralph Bushman, son of the distinguished actor.” — San Francisco Examiner. BUSTER. JR,. wi th his Grandfather 1 1 1 111 i L4 1 l