Moving Picture World (Mar-Apr 1926)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Mar-Apr 1926
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Mar-Apr 1926)
Leaf #:
000226
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:
June 13, 2024
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204 Moving Picture World March 20, 1926 Review Date Where It’s Readily Accessible Great Open Spaces Uneasy Three (Chase) Take Your Time (Graves) More Mice Than Brains Laughing Ladies (star cast) . A Lay's Outing Garden of Gethsemane Walloping Wonders Green Archer (A. Ray-W. Miller) Bonehead Age One Wild Ride Hold Everything Starvation Blues (Cook) Window Dummy (Graves) From Rags to Britches Haunted House His Wooden Wedding (Chase) .... English Channel Swim Tol’able Romeo Hotsy Totsy Wild Cats of Paris Gosh Darn Mortgage Good Cheer Wide Open Faces Between Meals All Astride Gold Push Three Blind Mice Stop, Look and Listen What’s the World Coming To?.... Hot Cakes for Two (Day) Lighter Than Air New Melody Series Charley, My Boy (Chase) Saturday Afternoon (Langdon)... Whispering Whiskers (Bevan)... Little Brown Jug Long Pants (Tryon) A June Bride The Uprising Generation Soft Pedal (Parrott) Funnymooners (Graves) Strenuous Life Windjammers Your Husband’s Past Casey of the Coast Guard Buried Treasure Wicked City Driftin’ Thru (H. Carey) Trimmed in Gold (Bevan) Pay the Cashier (Parrott) Gooseland (Alice Day) Mail Coach Wandering Papas (C. Cook) Hug Bug (Tryon) , Spanish Love Mama Behave (Chase) Circus Today (Bevan) Kind of Picture Review. Feet ..Terry cartoon Nov. 21.. 2,000 ..Roach prod Nov. 21.. 1.000 ..Sennett comedy Nov. 28.. 2,000 ..ictiy cartoon Nov. 21.. 1.000 ..Comedy Nov. 21.. 1,000 ..Terry cartoon Nov. 21.. l,i*W ..Pilgrimage of Palestine. ...Nov. 28.. 1,000 . . Sportiight Nov. 28.. 1,000 • Mystery-action serial Dec. 5.. lOep. .Terry cartoon Nov. 28.. l.lXW . Our Gang Comedy Dec. 5.. 2.000 .Comedy Dec. 5.. 1,000 .Hal Roach comedy Dec. 5.. 1,000 • Sennett comedy Dec. 12.. 2,1X0 • Sennett travesty Dec. 12.. 2,0(0 • Terry cartoon Dec. 12.. 2,0(0 • Comedy .....Dec. 12.. 1,000 .Terry cartoon Dec. 19.. 1.000 ..Hal Roach Comedy Dec. 19.. 1.000 .Sennett comedy Dec. 26.. 2,000 • Comedy Doc. 26.. 2,000 1926 .Sennett comedy Jan. 2.. 2,000 • Our Gang Jan. 9.. 2,000 • Sennett Comedy Jan. 9.. 2,000 • Roach comedy Jan. 9.. 1,000 • Sportiight Jan. 9.. 1.000 .Terry cartoon Jan. 9.. 1,000 • Terry cartoon Jan. 9.. 1,000 . L. Semon comedy Jan. 23.. 5,305 ■ C. Cook comedy Jan. 16.. 2,000 . Comedy Jan. 16.. 2,000 .Terry cartoon Jan. 16.. 1,000 • Song series (13) Jan. 23.. 1,000 • Comedy Jan. 23.. 2,000 • Comedy Jan. 30.. 3,000 • Comedy Jan. 30.. 2,000 • Terry cartoon Jan. 30.. 1,000 • Comedy Jan. 30.. 2,000 .Terry cartoon ...Jan. 30.. 1,000 .Sportiight Jan. 30.. 1,000 .Comedy Jan. 30.. 1,000 . Comedy Feb. 6. . 2,000 ■ Sportiight Feb. 6.. 1,000 .Terry cartoon Feb. 6.. 1,000 . Comedy Feb. 6. . 2,000 .Action serial Feb. 13.. 10 ep. • Our Gang comedy Feb, 20.. 2,000 .Terry Cartoon Feb. 20.. 1,000 • Human interest westn. Feb. 27.. 4,820 .Sennett comedy Feb. 27.. 2,000 • Comedy Feb. 27.. 1,000 . Sennett comedy Mar. 6. . 2,000 .Terry cartoon Mar. 6.. 1,000 .Hal Roach comedy Mar. 13.. 2,000 • Hal Roach comedy Mar. 13.. 2,000 ■ Terry cartoon Mar. 13.. 1,000 ■ Hal Roach comedy Mar. 13.. 2,000 • Mack Sennett comedy.... Mar. 13.. 2,000 PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORP Another Scandal (Lois Wilson) ...Sex theme ...... Another Man’s Wife (Lee-Kirkwood) Drama Trouping With Ellen (H. Chadwick) Comedy-dr Reckless Romance (Star caat) Comedy feature. Siren of Seville (Dean) Drama Chorus Lady (Livingston) Comedy-dr Cafe in Cairo (Dean) Drama Flaming Forties (Carey) Western The Mirage (Vidor) Drama Let Women Alone ((TMalley-Hawley) Drama Soft Shoes (Carey) Western Charley’s Aunt (Syd Chaplin) Farcecomedy ..... Her Market Value (Ayrea) Drama Girl of Gold (Vidor) ...Drama On the Threshold (all-star) Drama Beyond the Border (Carey)..... Western Friendly Enemies (Weber & Reids) Comedy dr Crimson Runner (Priscilla Dean) Stromberg melo. . Silent Sanderson (Carey) Cattle — gold fields Stop Flirting (all star) Light comedy .... Beauty and the Bad Man (Mabel Ballln) .. Drama Awful Truth (Agnes Ayres) Light comedy .... Texas Trail (Carey) Typical western .. Private Affairs (Hulette) Character drama .. Hell’s Highroad (Leatrice Joy) Love drama Seven Days (Lillian Rich) Comedy feature .. Coming of Amos (Rod LaRoque) Comedy-drama ... Without Mercy (Vera Reynolds) Drama Prairie Pirate (Harry Carey) Western People vs. Nancy Preston Underworld drama Road to Yesterday (Schildkraut) Spectacular drama Man from Red Gulch (Carey) Western Madame Lucy (Julian Eltinge) Farce-comedy Off the Highway (W.V. Mong) Drama 5imon the Jester (O’Brien -Rich) Comedy-drama ... Road to Yesterday (J. Schildkraut) Tense drama Wedding Song (Leatrice Joy) Comedy-heart lnt.-dr. Steel, Preferred (star cast) Steel industry dr Braveheart (LaRoque) Indian drama Rocking Moon (Tashman-Bowers) Alaskan drama Danger Girl (Pscute Dean) Comedy-drama Million Dollar Handicap (all star) Horse race melo Three Faces East (Jetta Goudal) Suspense-spy -melo. .. Fifth Avenue (De La Motte) Human Tnt TVirai 1924 Nov. 1.. 7,000 5,015 6,452 Nov. 22.. 5,530 Nov. 29.. 6,724 1925 Feb. 21.. 6,020 Mar. 28.. 5,656 5.770 5,770 5,620 Feb.' ' 21.'. 7.243 5,931 4,969 4 4£9 May i6.. 6,288 June 13.. 4,775 •June 20.. 4,841 June 27.. 5,161 July 4.. 5,794 July 11.. 5.917 July 18.. 4,730 Aug. 1.. 6,132 Sep. 12.. 6.084 Sep. 13.. 6.974 Sep 19.. 5,077 Oct. 3.. 7.641 Nov. 28.. 6.168 Dec. 12.. 9.980 1936 Jan. 2.. 7,373 Tan. 9.. 6,717 Jan. 23.. 7,238 Jan. 30.. 6.013 Feb. 6.. 5.660 Feb. 13.. 6.095 Feb. 20.. 7,419 Feb. 20.. 5.503 B. P. SCHULBERG PROD. i"apital Punishment (Clara Bow) Prison dr Jan. 24.. 5.950 Boomerang (Clara Bow) Comedy -dr Mar 21.. 1414 Kind of Picture Parasite (Bellamy-Moore-Washburn) Drama Mansion of Aching Hearts (all-star) ..Melodrama jo atra'rttt (S>tar east; Drama Faint Perfume (Seena Owen; Rom antic drama My Lady's Lips (Clara Bow) Crook drama .... Parisian Love (Clara Bow) Apache drama .. Girl Who Wouldn't Work (De La Motte) Modern drama .. Plastic Age (Bow-Ki«th) College story.... The Other Woman’s Story (Calhoun) Mystery drama . TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS, INC. Souls for Sables Society drama The Sporting Chance .....Racing drama Lightning Drama Murals tor Men Society drama The Lodge in the Wilderness Dram, Morganson's Finish Drama Tale ot a Vanishing People Drama The Travis Cup Drama The Wrong Coat Drama Che Dumb Head Drama The Life of a Woman Drama TRUART FILM CORPORATION Passionate Youth Society drama .... Marrying Money Society drama .... Dollar Down Society drama Age of Indiscretion Drama “Where the Worst Begins” Comedy drama .. The Hurricane Drama Salvage Drama Romance Road Drama The Fighting Cub Newspaper drama NOVELTY SERIES Three in Exile The Wild Girl Pals The Silent Witness Review. Feet ..Jan. 31.. 5,140 ..Mar. 14.. 6,147 ..May 9.. 6,107 . June 27. . 6,228 ..July 25. . 6.UU9 ..Aug. IS.. 6434 ..Aug, 22.. 5,979 ..Oct. 10.. 6,488 ..Oct. 31.. 6,080 1925 Sep. 5.. 7,721 6,500 6,500 6,S0u 6,500 6,500 6400 6,500 6,500 6400 6 sm 5400 5,800 5400 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,806 5,108 5.800 5.800 5.800 5400 UNITED ARTISTS America (Griffith prod.) Historical drama Waking Up the Town (J. Pickford-Shearer)Comedy-dr Don <J, Son of Zorro (D. Fairbanks) Typical Fairbanks ... Sally of the Sawdust (Dempster) D. W. Griffith prod. Gold Rush (Chaplin) A Dramatic comedy Wild Justice (Peter the Great) Dog melodrama Little Annie Rooney (Pickford) Typical “Mary” Eagle (Rudolph Valentino) Romantic drama Stella Dallas (star cast) Mother-love drama... Tumbleweeds ( W. S. Hart) Land rush drama Partners Again (Sidney-Alex Carr) Potash-Perlmutter ... UNIVERSAL After a Reputation (Edna Marian Greenhorn (Chas. Puffy) A Woman’s Faith (RubensMarmont) Crying For Lore (Gordon) His New Suit (Arthur Lake) Best Man (Josie Sedgwick) Circus Cyclone (Art Acord) Won By Law (Wanda Wiley) Speak Easy (Chas, Puffy) Stand Up and Fight (Jack Perrin) .. Where Was I? (Reginald Denny) Buster Brown Senes Educating Buster Brown Buster, Be Good Penis of the Wilds (Bonomo) California Straight Ahead (Denny).., Peacock Feathers (J. Logan) Stranded (Edna Marian) The Party Dynamite's Daughter (Sedgwick) Pleasure Bent (Puffy) Call of Courage (Art Acord) Tncked (Cobb) Fight Within (Larkin) Phantom of the Opera (Chaney) Storm Breaker (House Peters) Westward Ho (Puffy) Too Much Mother-in-Law Uncle Tom’s Gal Life’s Greatest Thrills Sporting Life (Bert Lytell) One Wild Night (Edwards) Officer No. 13 (Eddie Gordon) Bustin’ Through (Hoxie) Cupid’s Victory (Wanda Wiley) By the Sea (Puffy) Calgary Stampede (Hoot Gibson) Just Cowboys Taking Chances The Raid Green Eyed Monster (Arthur Lake). Absent Minded (Neely Edwards) Road from Latigo (E. Cobb) Ace of Spades (Desmond) Jnrsery Troubles (Edna Marian) ... Frets-5 I Hidden Loot (Hoxie) Boundary Line (Fred Humes) 4 Taxi War (Eddie Gordon) Triple Action (Pete Morrison) Rustlers From Boulder Canyon Kick Me Again (Puffy) Oh. Buster Proud Heart (R. Schildkraut) Two Many Ducks Beware of Your Relatives ■ Century comedy ..... Comedy Drama Century comedy Comedy Western Western Century comedy .... Comedy Western Farce -com -romance .. Outcault’s “kid" ser.. Buster Brown Buster Brown Serial Thrill comedy Domestic drama Century comedy Sweet 16 comedy Mustang western Fat man comedy Blue Streak western.. Mustang western Mustang western Suspense-mystery .... Sea town melo. , BlueBird comedy .... Century comedy Century comedy Special Melodrama Comedy .Comedy .Blue streak western.. .Comedy Comedy .Thrill western , Short western . Short western , Short western .Comedy . Bulls-eye com. . Short western . Western chapterplay Centary comedy Mc*nxpg western .... .Action western .Short western .Comedy Action western . Short western , Comedy . Buster Brown • Father-lore dr. • Mustang westn-com.. • Bluebird comedy 1925 8.. 11,442 11 4,892 27.. .11,000 15. . 9,580 ...Aug. 29. . 8,535 29. . 5.886 31.. . 8,500 28.. 6454 . . Nov. 21.. 10,157 1926 2.. 7454 . . Feb. 27.. . 5,600 1925 a.. 1000 *.. 1.000 15.. 6.823 15.. . 2,000 15.. . 1,000 15., . 2,000 22.. 4497 22.. 2,000 22., , 1,000 22.. 2,000 29.. 6,630 29.. 2,000 29.. 2.000 29.. 2.000 5.. 10 ep 5.. 7.238 5.. 6.747 5.. 2,000 5.. 1.000 5.. 2,000 5.. 1.00C 13. . 4.06) 13.. 2.001 12. . 200 19.. 8.40 19.. 6.06 19.. loot 19.. 2.00i 19.. 2.000 19.. 2.000 26.. 6.709 26. . 1.000 26.. 2.000 3. . 4.500 2.006 .Oct. 3. . 1.000 ...Oct. 10.. 5.924 10.. 2.000 10.. 2.000 ...Oct. 10.. 2.000 10.. l.oon ...Oct, 17. . 1.000 ...Oct. 17. . 2.000 .. Oct. 24 N. 1.001/ Oct. ur» ...Oct. 31. . 4 .738 ...Oct 31. . 2.00* ...6Vt V 2.000 ... Nov. 7. 4 900 ... 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