Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Feb 1927
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)
Leaf #:
000139
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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:
September 21, 2023
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January 8, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 107 Charles Ray to Play u The American ” JOHNNY BURKE, under contract to Mack Sennett for Pathe, went on the Orpheum circuit on a leave and there he met Trixie Friganza, Claire Windsor and Bert Lytell on the same bill. r'4 O UG LAS FAIRBANKS , of , United Artists, and Tom Mix, of Fox , greet Will Rogers newly elected mayor of Beverly Hills, Cal. /j SCENE from F. W. Murnau’s Fox production of "Sunrise," with George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor. This is Murnau’s first American production and is based on Sudermann’s novel, "The Trip To Tilsit.” TZATHRYN PERRY, the charming star in the Fox adaptation of the stage play, "Is Zat So.” rTO CHARLES RAY goes the choice role of 1927 in "The American,” the first natural vision ( stereoscopic ) screen drama to be produced by George K. Spoor head of the historic Essanay company, and J. Stuart Blackton, founder of Vitagraph. JOSEPH M. SCHENCK makes a clean stroke ^ while his instructor, Leo Diegel, a professional, looks on with evident approval. JJJARRY POLLARD tries to figure out how to get the kids to work in directing Universal’s Jewel. "Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” He did it.