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 #:
000183
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 151 Short Subjects Separated From Features 6.. 13.. 20.. 27.. Kind of Picture Review Three Bad Men (Star cast) Spectacular thrill melo. .Aug. 28.. Marriage License? (Alma Rubens) Mother-love drama Sept. 4.. Flying Horseman (Buck Jones) Action western Sept. 11.. Blue Eagle (George O’Brien) Drama ....Sep. 25.. Womanpower (Graves-Perry) Comedy drama Oct. 2.. The Lily (Belle Bennett) Emotional drama Oct. 9.. ■Great K. & A. Train Rubbery (Mix) Fast melodrama Oct. 16.. Country Beyond (Olive Borden) Curwood drama Oct. 23.. Whispering Wires (Anita Stewart) Mystery melodrama Oct. 30.. International Eucharistic Congress Religious Nov. 20... Return of Peter Grimm (star cast) Drama from play Nov. 20.. The City (Robert Frazer) Clyde hitch drama N°v. 27.. What Price Glory? (all star) War comedy-drama Nov. 29.. Wings of the Storm (Thunder-dog) Melodrama Dec. 4.. Crown of Light (Tom Mix) Typical Mix Dec. 11.. •Going Crooked (Bessie Love) Crook melodrama Dec. 18.. Bertha, Sewing Machine Girl Stage melodrama Dec. 25„ Summer Bachelors . (Bellamy) Comedy drama Jan. 1.. Short Subjects „ . _ _ Old Virginia Variety .J*n. .23. . A Flaming Affair Imperial comedy fan 30.. A Bankrupt Honeymoon Comedy reb. Officer of the Day Imperial Comedy Feb. Egypt Today Variety Feb. Pawnshop Politics Imperial comedy Feb. Moving Day Helen and Warren Mar. 6.. Drops from Heaven Varieties “ar. 6. . Woman of Utters Helen and Warren Mar. 13.. From the Cabby’s Seat O. Henry comedy April 10.. Two Lips in Holland (Marian) Comedy April 17.. A Polar Baron Imperial cometly April 2A.. Too Many Relations Helen and Warren May 15.. Canary Island Varieties May 22.. Wild America Varieties : May 29.. A Social Triangle O. Henry senes June 5.. Eight Cylinder Bull Comedy June 12.. Rah I Rahl Heidelberg Van Bibber comedy June Mountams of the Law Varieties June 26.. Poland— A Nation Reborn Varieties June 26.. Swimming Instructor 1 Van Bibber July 3.. Jerry the Giant Kid and animal y 3.. It’s a Pipe (Georgie Harris) Imperial comedy Ju y 3.. Complete Life O. Henry comedy y A-I. Society Comedy Ju 7 }°" Family Picnic Comedy .. V , y l, ” Lickpenny Lover O. Henry senes July 24.. Dancing Around the World Vaneties July 31.. Hello Lafayette (Shields) Imperial comedy Aug. 7.. Putting on Dog Varieties Aug. 7.. Lumber Jack* Varieties Aug. 14.. Steeplechaser (Conley) ....Farce comedy Sept. 11.. Non-Stop Bride (Gene Cameron) Comedy Sep. 25.. King Bozo Van Bibber comedy Oct. 2.. Rocky Mountain Gold ’Varieties S0!' Cliff Dwellers of America Vaneties .Oct. 9.. Dizzy Dancers (Gent Cameron) Imperial comedy ,....Oct. 16.. Lyin’ Tamer (Ernie Shields) Imperial comedy Marry Month of May O. Henry comedy ...Oct. 30.. King of the Kitchen (Conley) Comedy .Nov. 6.. Honeymoon Hospital Impenal comedy Nov. 13.. Napoleon. Jr. Animal comedy Nov. 13.. Maryland, My Maryland Variety N°v. 20.. Not to Be Trusted (Allan Forrest) Helen and Warren Nov. 20.. Great Lakes Variety •’ ^ov, Babes in the Jungle O. Henry senes Nov. 2Sk.. Light Wines and Bearded Ladies Impenal comedy Nov. 29.. Madam Dynamite Imperial comedy Dec. 11.. Battling Kangaroo Animal comedy Dec. 18.. Motor Boat Demon Van Bibber senes Dec. Bathing Suitor (G. Harris) Imperial comedy Jan. 1.. Feet 8,000 7,168 4,971 6,200 6,240 6.268 4,800 5,363 5,906 Kind of Picture Review Feet METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER Slave of Fashion (Nonna Shearer) Drama Aug. Never the Twain Shall Meet (Stewart) South Sea com Aug. Unholy Three (Lon Chaney) ....Drama »u^' Sun-Up (Starke Nagel) Mountain tragedy An*. Merry Widow (Murray -Gilbert) Romantic drama Mystic (Pringle -Tearle) Fake spiritualism Sent. The Circle (E. Boardman) Drawing room comedy Oct. Great Divide (all star) Drama • ‘eh Rag Man (Coogan) Comedy-dr Mar. Beauty Prize (Dana) Comedy-dr. * -'• Tower of Lies (Chaney-Sbearer) Drama of pathos ' c* Exchange of Wives (Boardman) Married life com Oct. Midshipman (Ramon Novarro) Naval com.-drama t ct Go West (Buster Keaton) Burlesque western Nov. Lights of Old Broadway (Davies) Old N. Y. drama Nov. Old Clothes (Coogan) Typical feature Nov. Bright Lights (Chas. Ray) Type com-drama Nerv. Only Thing (Boardman -Nagel) Glyn love drama Dec. Masked Bride (Mae Murray) Paris underworld _ Dec. Sally, Irene and Mary (Star cast) Musical comedy hit Dec. '■'tme, the Comedian (Buscb-Cody) Unique drama Dec. His Secretary (Shearer) Light comedy Jan. Ren-Hur (Ramon Novarrol T.ew Wallace story Ian Dance Madness (NagelWindsor) Comedy drama Feb. Mare Nostrum (Rex Ingram prod.) Ibanez La Boheme (Gilbert-Gish) Famoui Ibanez’ “Torrent” (Cortez). Brown of Harvard (PickfordBrian) College comedy-drama. 6,950 5,500 11,400 5,374 5,389 5,425 5,242 6,782 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 707 2,000 2,000 1.000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,965 927 960 2,000 2,000 735 2,000 895 920 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 743 2,000 749 750 2,000 2,000 2,000 800 845 2,000 2 rla 2 rla , 2 rls 2 rls. 2 rla. 750 2 rls 900 2 rls. 2 rls. 2 rls 2 rls 2 rls 2 rls Waltz Dream Romantic comedy Upstage (Norma Shearer) Vaudeville com. -dr. Flaming Forest (MorenoAdoree) Northwest Curwooi Tin Hats Faust (Er (NagelWindsor) War comedy PARAMOUNT Lord Jim (Marmont) Malay locale dr. Cobra (Valentino) Drama A Kiss for Cinderella (Bronson) Barrie whimsical Enchanted Hill (Holt) Western Womanhandled (Richard Dix) Western Satire That Royle Girl (Dempster) D. W. Griffith prod.”.* Mannequin (Joyce-Costello) Crook-comedy-dr Hands Up (R. Griffith) Burlesque on war American Venus (Ralston-Lanphier) “Beauties” comedy .... Song and Dance Man (all-star) Comedy-drama Behind th« PTont (Beerv-Hatton) War farce-com Grand Duchess and the Waiter (Menjou).. Romantic comedy Moana South Sea study Sea Horses (Holt-Vidor) Drama of tropica Dancing Mothers (Joyce-Tearle-Bow) Comedy-drama Let’s Get Married (DixWilson) Farce-comedy Nell Gwyn (Dorothy Gish) Farce-comedy ..Feb. 13 . 6,688 ..Feb 27 13.. 8,530 ..Feb. 27.. 6,239 20.. 6,769 3.. 6,480 10.. 6,750 1.. 6,710 ..May 15.. 7,941 22.. 5,139 12.. 5,580 • •July 3.. 6,167 ..July 10 . .6,551 7.. 7,322 21.. 9,006 4.. 6,970 2.. 6.025 • Oct. 23.. 8.221 6.. 6,960 13.. 8.536 20.. 6.461 . .Nov. 27.. 6.048 ..Nov. 29.. 6,567 4. . 6.598 11.. 8.110 25. . 8.616 1927 1.. 8,800 1925 12.. 7,001 12.. 5,904 ..Sep. 19.. 6.S46 26.. 9.929 10.. 6,925 17.. 5.027 24.. 10,063 31.. 6,374 . . Oct ‘ 31.. 6.570 . .Nov. 7.. 5,700 7.. 6.224 14.. 6,048 14.. 5,443 . .Nov. 21.. 6,0iv 28.. 6,702 28.. 6.691 5.. 7.006 19.. 6,895 ..Dec. 26.. 6.353 1926 ...Jan. 2.. 6,069 ...Jan. 9.. 9,621 ...Jan. 9.. 6,326 ...Jan. 16.. , 6.765 .. .Jan. 23.. 10.253 ..Jan. 30.. 6,981 ...Jan. 30.. 5.883 ..Feb. 6.. 7,931 ..Feb. 13.. 6.997 ..Feb. 20.. 5.555 ..Feb. 27.. 6,314 ..Feb. 27.. 6.133 . Mar. 6.. 6,565 ..Mar. 13.. 7,169 20.. 6.800 6.. 9,000 GOTHAM PRODUCTIONS Shadow on the Wall (HalePercy) Drama 6.010 One of the Bravest (Ralph Lewis) Fire Dept, drama 5.730 Phantom of the Forest (Thunder-dog) Drama 5,500 Speed limit (McKee-Shannon) Romantic com 5.860 Racing Blood Racing Drama 6.0TO Hearts and Spangles Circus Romance 5,ja» Sign of the Claw (Peter, the Great) Do* picture ••••••;;•• Golden Web (Rich-G»rdon) Melodrama Sept. 11.. 6,000 Block Signal (Ralph Lewis) Railroad melodrama .Oct. 9.. 5.900 Winning Wallop (W. Fairbanks) ..Action comedy-dr. Oct. 30.. 5.000 Money to Burn (Devore-MacGregor) Romantic action dr Nov. 29.. 5,900 1.. 5.906 8.. 8.143 15.. 6.048 29.. 5.819 1 2.. 10.627 12.. 6.147 J.. 5.511 21.. 7,811 14.. 5.908 11.. 5,750 10.. 6.849 17.. 6.300 31.. 7,498 7.. 6,256 14.. 6,437 21.. 5.915 28.. 6.260 5.. 5,824 12.. 5.690 19.. 5,564 26 . 4.757 1926 2.. 6.433 16.. 12.000 6.. 6,395 New Klondike (Thos. Meighan) Comedy drama Apr! 3" 7)445 Untamed Lady (Gloria Swanson) Society drama Apr. 3!! 6,132 Crown of Lies (Pola Negri) Romantic drama Apr. 10. . 5^030 Desert Gold (Hamilton-Mason) Zane Grey western Apr. 10.. 6^850 For Heaven’s Sake (Harold Lloyd) Typical comedy April 1?!! 5,356 Blind Goddess (Holt-Torrence) Mystery Drama April 17.. 7J63 That’s My Baby (Douglas MacLean) Farce comedy Apr. 24.. 6)805 A Social Celebrity (Menjou) Comedy drama May 1.. 6,025 The Runaway (Clara Bow) Melodrama May g"’ 5)218 Fascinating Youth (Juniors) Drama May 22.. 6 882 Aloma of the South Seas (Gilda Gray) Drama May 29.. 8 514 Wet Paint (Raymond Griffith) Farce-comedy June 5.. 5109 Rainmaker (Collier, Jr.) Drama June 12.. 6 055 Say It Again (Dix) Travesty -farce June 19!'. 7*445 Volcano (Daniels) Thrill melodrama June 12*.! 5 462 Good and Naughty (Pola Negri) Society comedy June 26. . 5*503 Palm Beach Girl (Bebe Daniels) .Farce-comedy July 3.. 6,918 Variety (Emil Jannings) Drama, short version July 10.*." 5,283 Born to the West (Jack Holt) Western July 10.. 6,043 It’s the Old Army Game (W. C. Fields).. £arce comedy July 17.. 6,889 Mantrap (TorrenceBow) Drama ....July 24.. 6,077 You Never Know Women (Vidor) Drama Aug. 7.. 6.064 Padlocked (Lois Moran) Melodrama Aug. 28.. 6,700 Beau Geste (Ronald Colman) Drama Sept. 4.. 10, 600 The Show-Off (Ford Sterling) Character comedy Sept. 11.. 6,196 Diplomacy (Sweet-Hamilton) Modernized Sardou play. . .Sep. 25. . 6.95C Campus Flirt (Bebe Daniels) College comedy Oct. 2.. 6,702 Tin Gods (Thomas Meighan) ; Drama Oct. 2.. 8,568 You’d Be Surprised (R. Griffith) Satirical comedy Oct. 9.. 5 904 Kid Boots (Eddie Cantor) Comedy Oct. 21.. 5,650 Sorrows of Satan (D. W. Griffith prod). .Drama Oct. 23... 11 rls. Don’t Give Up the Ship One Reel special Oct. 23 Ace of Cads (Menjou).... Drama Oct. 30.. 7,786 Quarterback (Richard Dix) Football comedy-dr Nov. 6.. 7,114 London (Dorothy Gish) Drama Nov. 13.. 6 rls. We’re in the Navy Now (Beery -Hatton)... Sequel, “Behind Froat”....Nov. 20.. 5,519 So’s Your Old Man (W. C. Fields) Comedy Nov. 20.. 6.347 Eagle of the Sea (VidorCortez) Sea drama Nov. 27.. 7,250 Everybody’s Acting (star cast) Stage comedy-dr Nov. 27.. 6.139 God Gave Me Twenty Cents (all star).... Romance-drama No-v. 29.. 6,532 The Great Gatsby (Warner Baxter) Drama Dec. 4.. 7.296 Old Ironsides (special cast) Superspecial Dec. 11. .10.689 Canadian (Meighan) Northwest drama Dec. 11.. 7.773 Stranded in Paris (Daniels) Farce comedy Dec. 18.. 6.106 Love ’Em and Leave ’Em (Brent) Comedy drama Dec. 18.. 6.075 Popular Sin (Vidor-Brook) Love drama Dec. 25.. 6,244