Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1923)

Page scan 0001015 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 #:
0001015
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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December 29, 1923 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 849 K Kidding Kate (2 reels) (Dorothy Devore) (Educational— Christie Comedy) (Review — December 1). li Last Stand of the Red Man (1 reel) (Vitagraph — Urban) (Review — December 29). Lady of Quality (8,640 feet) (Virginia Valle) (Based on novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett) (Directed by Hubart Henley) (Universal— Jewel) (Review — December 22). Leavenworth Case, The (5,40C feet) (Based on novel by Anna Katherine Green) (Seena Owan) (Directed by Charles Giblyn) (Vitagraph) (Review — November 24). Let’s Go (5,198 feet) (Richard Talmadge) (Directed by William K. Howard) (Truart) (Review— November 17). Lightning Love (2 reels) (Larry Semon) (Vitagraph — Comedy) (Review — November 17). Light That Failed (7,013 feet) (Adapted from novel by Rudyard Kipling) (Featured Cast) (Directed by George Melford) (Paramount) (Review — December 15). Liquid Lava (1 reel) (Educational — Hodge Podge) (Review — December 22). Long Live the King (9.3G4 feet) (Jackie Coogan) (Based on story by Mary Roberts Rinehart) (Directed by Victor Shertzinger) (Metro) (Review — November 10). Love Pirate (4,900 feet) (Carmel Myers) Directed by Richard Thomas) (F. B. O.) (Review— November 17). Lovey Dovey (1 reel) (Pathe — “Dippy-Do-Dads” Comedy) (Review — December 22). Lucky Rube (2 reels) (Sid Smith) (Grand— Asher) (Review — November 10). Lucretia Lombard or Flaming Passion (7,500 feet) (Featured Cast) (Based on novel by Katherine Morris) (Warner Brothers) (Directed by Jack Conway) (Review — December 22). M Mailman, The (7,160 feet) (Ralph Lewis) (F. B. O.) (Directed by Emory Johnson) (Review — December 8). Man From Brodney’s (7,100 feet) (Based on novel by George Barr McCutcheon) (J. Warren Kerrigan) (Directed by David M. Smith) (Vitagraph) (Review — December 8). Mark It Paid (2 reels) (Joe Rock) (Grand — Asher) (Review — November 10). Marriage Market, The (6.297 feet) (Directed by E. J. Le Saint) (C. B. C.) (Review — December 29). Mask of Lopez, The (4,900 feet) (Fred Thomson) (Directed by Albert Rogell) (Monogram Pictures) (Review — November 24). Matter of Policy, A (1 reel) (Neely Edwards) (Universal — Comedy) (Review — December 8). Maytime (7,500 feet) (Based on play by Rida Johnson Young) (Featured Cast) (Directed by Gasnier) (Preferred Pictures) (Review — December 8). Memories (1 reel) (Educational — “Sing Them Again” series) (Review — November 24). "ten in the Raw (4,313 feet) (Jack Hoxie) (Directed by George Marshall) (Universal) (Re/ view — November 10). I Merchant of Menace (2 reels) (F. B. O. — “Fighting Blood”) (Review — December 15). Midsummer Night's Scream (2 reels) (F. B. O. — “Fighting Blood” series) (Review — December 15). Miles of Smiles (2 reels) (Baby Peggy) (Universal— Century Comedy) (Review — December 1). Million to Burn, A (4,556 feet) (Herbert Rawlinson) (Directed by William Parke) (Universal) (Review — November 3). Miracle Makers, The (5,834 feet) (Leah Baird) (Associated Exhibitors) (Directed by W. S. Van Dyke) (Review — December 22). Modern Banking (1 reel) (Vitagraph — Urban) Review — December 22). Modern Matrimony (4,960 feet) (Owen Moore) (Directed by Victor Heerman) (Selznick) (Review — November 3). Mother’s Joy (2 reels) (Stan Laurel) (Pathe — Comedy) (Review — December 22). Movie Fantasy, A (1 reel) (Hy Mayer Cartoon) (Universal) (Review— December 22). My Boy Bill (1 reel) (Educational— Bruce Wilderness Tales) (Review— Deccember 1). N e\\(Near Lady, The (4,812 feet) (Gladys Walton) (Di‘i YfS rected by Herbert Blache) (Universal) (Review — December 15). vsprint Paper (1 reel) (Vitagraph — Urban) iYA' (Review — December 22). No Loafing (2 reels) (“Poodles” Hanaford) (Educational— Tuxedo Comedy) (Review — November 24). No Parking Aloud (1 reel) (Nealy Edwards) (Universal — Comedy) (Review — November 24). O r Old Fool, The (6,147 “eet) (Directed by E. D. Venturini) (Hodkinson) (Review — December 29). On the Banks of the Wabash (7,156 feet) (Based on the song by Paul Dresser) (Mary Carr) (Directed by J. Stuart Blackton) (Vitagraph) (Review — November 3). One Cylinder Love (2 reels) (Pathe — Mack Sennett Comedy) (Review — November 3). Our Hospitality (6,220 feet) (Based on story by Jen Havez, Joe Mitchell and Clyde Bruckman) (Buster Keaton), Directed by Buster Keaton and Jack Blystone) (Metro) (Review — November 24). Over the Fence (2 reels) (Educational — Juvenile Comedy) (Review — December 15). P Pathe Reviek (Issued Weekly) (1 reel each) (Reviewed in each issue). Payroll Thief, The (2 reels) (Jack Mower, Elinor Field) (Universal — Western) (Review — No vember 24). Perfect 36, A (2 reels) (Bobby Vernon) (Educational— Christie Comedy) (Review — Novem ber 17). Pleasure Mad (7,547 feet) (Based on novel, “The Valley of Content,” by Blanche Upwright) (Mary Alden) (Directed by Reginald Barker) (Metro) (Review — November 24). R Red Warning (4,759 feet) (Jack Hoxie) (Directed by Robert North Bradbury) (Universal) (Review— December 15). Reno (7 reels) (Based on story by Rupert Hughes) (Goldwyn) (Directed by Rupert Hughes) (Review — December 22). Richard the Lion Hearted (7,298 feet) (Adapted from Sir Walter Scott’s novel, “The Talisman”) (Wallace Beery) (Directed by Chet Withey) (Allied Producers and Distributors) (Review — November 3). Rough Sailing (2 reels) (Fox) (Reviewed — December 29). Roughing It (2 reels) (Pathe — Spat Family Comedy) (Review— November 3). Rustlin’ Buster (Jack Morris— Star) (Universal — Western) (Review — December 29). S Satin Girl (5,591 feet) (Mabel Forrest) (Directed by Arthur Rosson) (Grand — Asher) (Review — December 8). Save the Ship (1 reel) (Stan Laurel) (Pathe — Comedy) (Review — November 24). Scorching Sands (1 reel) (Stan Laurel) (Pathe — Comedy) (Review — December 8). Shepherd King, The (8,500 feet) (Based on play by Wright Larmer and Arnold Reeves) (Directed by J. Gordon Edwards) (Fox) (Review— December 22). She’s A He (2 reels) (Buddy Messinger) (Universal— Century Comedy) (Review — November 24). Six-Cylinder Love (7,000 feet) (Ernest Truex) (Based on play by William Anthony McGuire) (Directed by Elmer Clifton) (Review — December 22). Slave of Desire (6,673 feet) (Based on story, “The Magic Skin,” by Honore de Balzac) (George Walsh) (Directed by George D. Baker) (Goldwyn) (Review — December 15). Snooky’s Covered Wagon (2 reels) (Educational — Animal Comedy) (Review — December 15). Soilers, The (2 reels) (Stan Laurel) (Pathe — Comedy) (Review — November 24). So Long Sultan (1 reel) (Universal Comedy) (Review — November 10). Southbound Limited (2 reels) (Monte Banks) (Grand — Asher) (Review — November 10). South Sea Love (4,168 feet) (Shirley Mason) (Directed by David Solomon) (Fox) (Review — December 15). Steadfast Heart (7 reels) (Featured Cast) (Directed by Sheridan Hall) (Goldwyn) (Review— November 24). Stephen Steps Out (5,152 feet) (Based on story, “The Grand Cross of the Crescent,” by Richard Harding Davis) (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) (Directed by Joseph Henabery) (Paramount) (Review — December 1). Sunday Calm (2 reels) (Pathe — “Our Gang” Comedy) (Review — December 15). T Taming of the Shrewd (2 reels) (F. B. O. — “Fighting Blood” series) (Review — November 3). Tango Cavalier (George Larkin) (Aywon) (Review— November 3). Taxi Please (2 reels) (Monte Banks) (Grand — Asher) (Review — December 1). Temple of Venus (8,000 feet) (Featured Cast) (Directed by Henry Otto) (Fox) (Review — November 10). This Freedom (7,000 feet) (Based on novel by A. S. M. Hutchinson) (Featured Cast) (Directed by Dennison Clift) (Fox) (Review — December 8' , ' T Three Cheers (2 reels) (Educational — Juvenile Comedy) (Review — November 3). Thundergate (6,565 feet) (Based on story by Sidney H. Small) (Owen Moore) (Directed by Joseph De Grasse) (First National) (Review — December 15). Thrill Chaser, The (5,196 feet) (Hoot Gibson) (Directed by Edward Sedgwick) (Universal) (Review— December 1). Tiger Rose (8,000 feet) (Based on stage play by Willard Mack and David Belasco) (Lenore Ulric) (Directed by Sidney Franklin) (Warner Brothers) (Review — December 15). Tipped Off (4,284 feet) (Featured Cast) (Directed by Finis Fox) (Playgoers) (Review — November 3). To the Ladies (6,268 feet) (Based on play by G. S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly) (Theodore Roberts) (Directed by James Cruze) (Paramount) (Review — December 8). Twenty-One (6,500 feet) (Richard Barthelmess) (Directed by John S. Robertson) (First National) (Review — December 1). Twilight Trail (2 reels) (Margaret Morris) (Universal— Western) (Review — November 10). U Uncensored Movie (2 reels) (Will Rogers) (Pathe — Comedy) (Review — December 1). Uncle Sam (2 reels) (Lee Moran) (Educational — Mermaid) (Review — November 10). Under Covers (1 reel) (Cliff Bowes) (Educational — Cameo Comedy) (Review — December 1). Under the Red Robe (12,000 feet) (Based on novel by Stanley Weyman) (Featured Cast) (Derected by Alan Crosland) (Cosmopolitan) (Review— November 24). Under the White Robe (1 reel) (Universal — Comedy) (Review — December 22). Universities of the World (1 reel) (Fox — Educational) (Review — December 8). Unknown Purple, The (6,950 feet) (Based on the stage play by Roland West and Carlyle Moore) (Henry Walthall) (Directed by Roland West) (Truart) (Review — December 8). Unseeing Eyes (8,500 feet) (Lionel Barrymore) (Directed by E. H. Griffith) (Goldwyn — Cosmopolitan) (Review— November 3). Up In the Air (2 reels) (Charles Conklin, Harry Sweet) (Fox — Comedy) (Review — Novem ber 10). V Vincennes (3 reels) (Pathe’s Historical Series) (Review — December 1). Virginian, The (8,010 feet) (Based on novel by Owen Wister) (Kenneth Harlan) (Directed by Tom Forman) (Preferred Pictures) (Review — November 24). W Wages of Cinema, The (2 reels) (F. B. “Fighting Blood”) (Review — November Wanters (6,871 feet) (Based on story by Burton Wells) (Marie Prevost) (Dirf John M. Stahl) (First National) December 8). Way Men Love (7,541 feet) (Elliott D rected by R. William Neill) < Prod.) (Review — November 1 Way of a Man, The (9,000 feet) (Ba by Emerson Hough) (Featured C (Directed by George B. Seitz) (Rf vember 24). Way of Man, The (Pathe — Serial) (Reviewcember 22). Wet and Weary (2 reels) (Fox — Comedy view — December 1). When Odds Are Even (4,284 feet) (Willi— sell) (Directed by James Flood) (Fox) (Review— December 1). Whipping Boss, The (5,800 feet) (Featured Cast) (Directed by J. P. McGowan) (Monogram Pictures) (Review — December 8). White Tiger, The (7,177 feet) (Priscilla Dean) (Directed by Tod Browning) (Universal) (Review— November 24). Whole Truth, The (1 reel) (Stan Laurel) (Pathe — Comedy) (Review — November 3). Why Elephants Leave Home (2 reels) (Pathe — Animal) (Review — December 1). Wife’s Romance (6 reels) (Based on novel by H. W. Roberts) (Clara Kimball Young) l'TV 'tod by Thomas Heffron) (Metro) (R vember 3). Wild and Woolly (1 reel) (Path view — December 1). Wild Bill Hickok (6,893 feet) (Directed by Clifford F (Review — December 1). Woman-Proof (7,687 feet) George Ade) (Thomas Alfred Greene) (P vember 10), You Can’t Get Awa' Marmont) fr (Fox) (*>