Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

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Title:: Moving Picture World
Date:: Jan-Feb 1927
Publisher:: New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:: Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)
Leaf #:: 000184
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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152 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 8, 1927 Users Help Make This Chart More Useful PATHE Circus Today (Bevan) Leaps and Bounds Oniy Son (Parrott) Bar-C Mystery (all star) Spanking Breezes (Alice Day) Monkey Business Up in the Air Fire Fighter Dizzy Daddies (Findlayson) Dixie Doodle Seventh Bandit (Carey) Wife Tamer (Lionel Barrymore) ... Fly Time Wandering Willies (Bevan-Clyde) . Dog Shy (Chase & all-star) Happy Hunting Grounds Merry Blacksmith Do Your Duty (Pollard) Hooked at the Altar (Graves) y'»ar-C Mystery (Dorothy Philips) . Hearts and Showers The Inside Dope Madame Mystery (Theda Bara) .... A Big-Hearted Fish Ukelele Sheiks (Tryon) Baby Clothes Farm Hands Rough and Ready Romeo Scared Stiff (Cook) Fight Night (star cast) Mum’s the Word (Chase) Ghost of Folly (Alice Day) Nervous Moments Hay foot Strawfuot (Bevan) Don Key (star cast) An Alpine Flapper Say It With Babies (Tryon) Liquid Dynamite Uncle Tam’s Uncle Bumper Crop Planting Season A Yankee L'oodle Duke (Graves) .. Muscle Bound Music (Bevan) Puppy Lovetime (Alice Day) Golf Bug (Parrott) He Forgot to Remember (Cook) ... Songs cf Central Europe R. P. M Long Fliv the King (Chase) Swat the Crook (H. Lloyd-Daniels) Snowed In (Allene Ray-W. Miller) .. Never too Old (Gillingwater) Big Retreat Jacks-of-One-Trade Cow’s Kimono (Tryon) Thundering Fleas Glory or Dollars Songs of Spain (Peggy Shaw) Land Boom A Sea Dog’s Tale (Bevan) A Plumber’s Life Keeping in Trim Mighty Like a Moose (Chase) Pirates Bold Jungle Sports Chop Suey and Noodles Her Ben Smith’s Baby Songs of Italy Along Came Auntie (Tryon) Merry Widower (E. Clayton) Venus of Venice , Alice Be Good (Day) When a Man’s a Prince (Turpin)... Last Ha-Ha Hubby’s Quiet Little Game Ball and Bat Crazy Like a Fox (Chase) Shivering Spooks Dough Boys A Knight Out *, Her Actor Friend (Alice Day) Scrambled Eggs Fighting Marine (Gene Tunney) .... A Buggy Ride Fourth Alarm Abraham the Patriarch Watered Stock Bull’s Eye Charleston Queen Bromo and Juliet (Chase) Smith’s Landlord (McKee-Hiatt) ... Perils of Peterboro (Quillan) Love’s Last Laugh (McKee-Hiatt).. Why Argue? Road House Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes Prodigal Bridegroom (Turpin) Smith’s Visitor Tell ’Em Nothing (Chase) ResMess Race Should Husbands Marry (Alice Day) Gun Shy Mount Sinai Home, Sweet Home Get ’Em Young (Harry Myers) Phoney Express Durable Souls Journey of the Israelites Pup’s Tale More Ways Than One Nuremhurg Raggedy Rose (Mabel Normand) ... Kind of Picture .Terry cartoon .Comedy July .Terry . Sennett . Terry c .Hal Roach comedy .Terry cartoon Review Feet 13.. . 2,000 20., . 1,000 20. . 1,000 27., . 4,750 27. . 2,000 27.. , 2,000 27.. . 1,000 27.. . 1,000 27., . 2,000 27.. . 1,000 3. . 5,353 3.. . 2,000 3.. . 1,000 3., . 2,000 10.. . 2,000 10. . 1,000 10., . 1,000 10.. , 1,000 10.. . 2,000 17., 24.. . 1,000 24., . 1,000 24.. , 2,000 24.. 1,000 7.. 2,000 1.. 2,000 1.. 1,000 1.. 1,000 1.. 2,000 8.. 2,000 8.. 2,000 8.. 2,000 15.. 1,000 15.. 2,000 22.. 2,000 22.. 1,000 22.. 2,000 22.. 1,000 29.. 2,000 29.. 1,000 29.. 1,000 5.. 2,000 5.. 2,000 12.. 2,000 12.. 1,000 12.. 2,000 12.. 1,000 12.. . 1,000 • June 19.. 2,000 19.. 1,000 . . 26,. 2,000 .June 26.. 1,000 26.. 1,000 26.. 2,000 • July 3.. 2,000 3.. 1,000 • July 3.. 1,000 3.. 1,000 •July 10.. 2,000 July 10.. 1,000 10.. 1,000 July 17.. 2,000 ■ July 17.. 1,090 • July 17.. 1,000 .July 24.. 1,000 .July 24.. 1,000 • July 24.. 2,000 • July 24.. 1,000 •July 31.. 2,000 •July 31.. 2,000 7.. 1,000 7.. 2,000 14.. 2,000 14.. 1,000 14.. 2,000 14.. 1,000 21.. 2,000 • Aug. 21.. 2,000 • Aug. 21.. 1,000 .Aug. 28.. 1,000 .Aug. 28.. 2,000 • Sept. 4.. 1,000 .Sept. 4.. .Sept. 11.. i,66o .Sept. 11.. 2,000 11.. 1,000 25.. 1,000 25.. 1,000 25.. 1,000 25.. 2,000 25.. 2,000 2.. 2,000 2.. 2,000 2.. 1,000 9.. 1.000 9.. 2.000 9.. 2,000 16.. 2,000 16.. 2,000 16.. 1,000 23.. 2 rla 23.. 1 rl 23.. 1 rl 30.. 1 rl .Oct. 30.. 2 rls 30.. 1 rl 30.. 1 rl 30.. 1 rl 30.. 1 rl 30.. 1 rl 30.. 1 rl Nov. ! 13.. 2 rls. A Harem Knight (Turpin) In Vaudeville Hooks and Holidays Smith’s Uncle (C. Geiaghty) House Without a Key (Ray-Miller) Be Your Age (feature cast) On the Front Page (L. Rich) Buck Fever Radio Controlled Tripping the Rhine War Feathers The Nickel Hopper (Normand).... Divorce Dodged (Bevan) Through Thick and Thin Hesitating Horses (Alice Day).... Hitting the Rails Bars and Stripes There Ain’t No Santa Claus.., A Blonde’s Revenge (Turpin) School Days Top Notchers Forty-five Minutes from Hollywood Features The High Hand (Leo Maloney). Atta Boy (Monty Banks) Outlaw Express (Leo Maloney).. Anything Once (Mabel Normand) Telling Whoppers Musical Parrot Kind of Picture Review Fact , Sennett comedy 2 rls. Terry cartoon 20. . 1 rl Sportlight 20. . lrl Sennett comedy 20., . 2 rls Mystery serial 27.. ■ Hal Roach comedy ., 29. .2 rls. .Hal Roach comedy 29. .2 rls. .Terry cartoon .......... 29. .1 rl. .Terry cartoon 29. .1 rl. . Sketch Book 29. .1 rl. .Our Gang comedy .... 29. .2 rlsv Sennett comedy 4. .2 rls. • Sennett comedy 4. .2 rls. Terry cartoon 4. .1 rl. .Sennett comedy 4. .2 rls. .Terry cartoon 4. .1 rL .Terry cartoon 11., . lrl . Hal Roach comedy ... 11. . 2 rls ■ Typical comedy 18. . 2 rls .Terrv cartoon 18. . 1 rl ■ Sportlight 18. . 1 rl Hal Roach comedy.... 25.. , 2 rls Western 11.. 5,679 ,Gag comedy 9.. 5,775 Action western 6. . 5,479 1927 Hal Roach comedy.... 1.. , 3 rls Our Gang ’ 1.. 2 rls • Terry cartoon 1.. 1 rl PREFERRED PICTURES Girl Who Wouldn’t Work (De La Motte) Modern drama Aug. 22. . 5,979 Plastic Age (Bow-Keith) College story Oct. 10. . 6,488 The Other Woman’s Story (Calhoun).... Mystery drama Oct. 31.. 6.080 Lew Tyler’s Wives (Frank Mayo) Drama July 10.. 6.757 Romance of a Million Dollars Melodrama Aug. 7.. 5,300 Dancing Days (Star Cast) Domestic Sept. 25.. 5.900 Shameful Behavior? (Edith Roberts).... 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