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 #:
000336
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:
September 21, 2023
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uick Reference Picture Chart cJ/andy, Compact Information to Help IJou with l]our Bookings, Showinq Jitle.Stai; dgpe of Storg, Date of Moving JPicture World Jteview,and tootaqe on Current Jilms One of the Departments That Make Moving Picture World the Leader ASSOCIATED EXHIBITORS Kind of Picture The Big Show (Lowell) Circus drama Galloping Cowboy (B. Cody) Western Earth Woman (Mary Alden) Drama Rawhide (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Mystery-western Dangerous Dub (Buddy Roosevelt) Western Twisted Triggers (Wally Wales) Action western Carnival Girl (Marion Mack) Melodrama Bonanza Buckaroo (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Western comedy-melo. Hidden Way (Mary Carr) Crook melodrama .... Code of the Northwest (Sandow) Dog-melodrama Flying Mail fAl Wilson) Crook melodrama Call of the Wilderness (Sandow) Dog melodrama Bandit Buster (Buddy Roosevelt) Western Bad Man’s Bluff (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Western BRAY PRODUCTIONS On the Farm For the Love O’ Pete Getting Hitched Velocity Fighting Fool (L. Sargent) Transportation Nize Monkey At the Beach Trail of the Monk Monkey Huka Luke Warm Daze Blue Black Comma Butterfly Even Up A Sport Calendar McDougall Alley Lantz cartoon McDougal Alley Novelty Fistical Culture Screen magazine Sunkist comedy • McDougall Alley . Lantz’ cartoon • Sunkist comedy • McDougall Alley Fistical Culture series • Nature Special • Fistical culture • Novelty Magazine So’s Vour Monk Sunkist comedy . Dog Gonnit Hot Dog cartoon. Review Feet 1926 .May 15.. 5,385 .May 22.. 4,639 .May 29.. 5,830 .June 5. . 4,460 July 31.. 4,472 .Aug. 7.. 4,470 .Aug. 14.. 4,962 .Aug. 21.. 4,460 • Aug. 28. . 5,919 • Sept. 11.. 3,965 ..Sep. 25.. 4.500 .Dec. 18.. 4,218 .Dec. 25.. 4,468 1927 , . Jan. 1.. 4,441 .Oct. 23.. 2 rls ..Oct. 23.. 1 rl ..Oct. 30.. 2 rls ..Oct. 30.. 1 rl . .Nov. 6. . 2 rls .Nov. 27.. 1 rl Nov. 29. . 2 rls. ..Nov. 29. .2 rls. . .Nov. 29. .1 rl. ..Dec. 4.. 2 rls. ..Dec. 4.. 2 rl.s . .Dec. 11. . 2 rls ..Dec. 11.. 1 rl . .Dec. 25. . 2 rls ..Dec. 25.. 1 rl 1927 ..Jan. 1.. 2 rls • Jan. 8.. 1 rl CHADWICK PICTURES CORP Paint and Powder (E. Hammerstein) Some Pun’kin* (Chas. Ray) Perfect Dows (Larry Semon) . . . Prince of Broadway (G. Walsh) ... Count of Luxembourg (G. Walsh) Transcontinental Limited (all star) Devil’s Island (Frederick) The Bella (L. Barrymore) Stage life drama Oct. 17.. 7,000 Rural comedy-drama Dec. 26.. 6,500 1926 Feature comedy Jan. 2.. 5,700 Prize ring drama Jan. 9.. 5,800 Romantic drama Feb. 27.. 6,400 Railroad melodrama Mar. 6.. 6,400 Mother-love drama Aug. 28.. 6,900 Drama Nov. 13.. 6,300 COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. Lone Wolf Return* (Lytell-Dcrve) Crook melodrama July 31.. 5,750 Belle of Broadway (Compson-Rawlinson). Romantic Drama 5,675 Sweet Rosie O’Grady (S. Mason) Comedy drama Oct. 2.. 6,108 Screen Snapshot* Three is»ues Aug. 28.. 1.000 False Alarm (Lewis-Carr-Revier) Melodrama 5,235 When the Wife’s Away (Arthur) Farce comedy A Major Differs From a Sergeant r? %r ... A MAJOR in the army is a lot bigger than a sergeant — in power. So, in this Picture Chart, a major error is one that has power to hinder exhibitors in getting accurate information when they want it. As a part of Moving Picture World’s service to readers —the service that wins leadership and holds it — we send out a dollar to each reader who writes a letter to us pointing out major errors — footage changes we were not told about, incorrect review date, etc. But not the little “sergeant” stuff, please. One chap wrote that there was a line shifted out of alignment a quarter inch at the bottom of a page. Think he was kidding, but you get what the difference is. We’re glad to pay the dollars when you show us major errors — incorrect titles, wrong footages, calling a comedy a drama — those are major errors. 'Kind of Picture Review Feet Obey the law (Lytell) Truthful Sex (Busch-H. Gordon) ... Better Way (InceRevierStrong) Remember (D. PhillipsE. Metcalfe). Stolen Pleasures (Revier) Wandering Girls (RevieT-Agnew) . . . Waldorf Price of Success (Lake-Glass) Sealed Lips (Revier) When Husbands Flirt (Revier) Fate of a Flirt (Revier) 5,567 5,505 5.793 Perfection Fighting Youth (W. Fairbanks) . Speed Mad (W. Fairbanks) New Champion (W. Fairbanks).. Great Sensation (W. Fairbanks). Handsome Brute (W. Fairbanks) Melodrama 4,781 • Racing melodrama 4,44i • Boxing melodrama 4,498 , Melodrama 4,471 .Police drama 4,779 CRANFIELD & CLARKE, INC Molly May Series (Violet Mersereau) 2,00* International Twelve Novelty Twelve 1,006 Famous Paintings De Luxe dramas 2,000 Real Charleston Lesson novelty . April 24.. 2.Q0C The Angelus Drama de luxe May 15.. 2,00< Wooden Shoes “International” May 8 EDUCATIONAL FILM CORP Somebody’s Wrong (Bowes) Gimme Strength (Adams) Neptune’s Domain Going Crazy (Conley) Felix Braves the Briny His Private Life Tin Ghost (Conley) Hodge-Podge Who’s Boss? (G. Davis) Papa's Pest (SteadmanBums) .... Bear Cats Till We Eat Again (Vernon) Fresh Faces (Hiers) Nothing Matters (Hamilton) Creeps Felix in Tale of Two Kitties Hold ’Er, Sheriff (Bowes) Hitchin’ Up (Hiers) Felix Scoots Through Scotland Meet My Dog (Bowes-Virg. Vance) Hodge Podge Chase Yourself (Adams) Who’s My Wife Felix Rings the Ringer School Daze Honest Injun (Arthur) Who Hit Me? (St. John) Mister Wife (Bums) Excess Baggage (Big Boy) Solid Gold Squirrel Food (Bowes) Move Along Curiosities Daffy Dill (Burns) , Chip* of the Old Block Felix Misses His Swiss Dummy Love (Vernon) Kiss Papa (Conley) Here Comes Charlie Uppercuts (Duffy) My Kid (Big Boy) The Blue Boy Open House (Johnny Arthur) Jolly Tars (Lloyd Hamilton) Sons of the Surf The Radio Bug (Phil Dunham) Missing Links Jelly Fish (Frank Pangborn) Flaming Ice A Dippy Tar (Billy Dooley) Two Lip Time Pink Elephants (A1 St. John) Hodge Podge Yellow Pirate Scrambled Yeggs Whatnots Hold Still (Tack Duffy) Cut Price Glory Shell Socked (Adams) River Road Pound Foolish Dodging Trouble (Neal Burns) Plumb Goofy (Phil Dunham) 1926 . 1,000 . 2,000 .. 1,000 .. 2,000 . 1,000 . 2,000 . 2,000 . 1,000 . 1,000 . 2,000 . 2.000 . 2,000 . 2,000 . 2,000 . 2,000 . 1,000 . 1,000 3 2,000 . 1,000 . 1,600 ..July 10., . 1,800 , 2,000 ..July 10.. . 2,000 ..July 17. . 1,000 • July 24. . 1,000 • July 24. . 2,000 .July 24.. . 2,000 2,000 •July 31.. 2,000 2,000 • Aug. 7.. 1,000 • Aug. 7.. 2,000 .Aug. 14.. 1,000 • Aug. 14.. 2,000 • Aug. 14.. 1,000 ..Lyman Howe mag. ..Comedy ..Jack White prod. .. ..Sullivan cartoon ... ..Sullivan cartoon ... . Comedy . . Comedy ..Christie comedy .... ..Juvenile comedy .. ..Jack White comedy ..Comedy ..Lloyd Hamilton Cor ..Sideshow folk ..Christie comedy .... ..Hodge-Podge Aug. 14. ..Sullivan cartoon ,...Aug. 28.. 1,000 .Christie comedy Aug. 28.. 2,000 .Mermaid comedy Aug. 28.. 2,000 • Lloyd Hamilton comedy.. Aug. 28.. 2,000 • Christie comedy Sept. 4.. 2,000 .Juvenile comedy Sept. 4.. 2,000 .Romance prod Sept. 4.. 2,000 .Tuxedo comedy Sept. 11.. 2,000 .Hamilton comedy Sept. 11.. 2,000 .Bruce scenic Sept. 11.. 1,000 .Comedy Sep. 25.. 1,000 .“Life” Cartoon Sep. 25.. 1,000 .Comedy Sep. 25.. 2,000 .“Life” Cartoon Sep. 25.. 1,000 .Comedy Oct. 2.. 2,000 Felix the cat Oct. 2.. 1,000 Mermaid comedy Oct. 2.. 2.000 .Travel scenes Oct. 16.. 1,000 .Life cartoon com Oct. 16.. 1,000 .Felix cat cartoon Oct. 16.. 1,000 .Futter’s Curiosities Oct. 16.. 1.00" .Christie comedy Oct. 16.. 2,000 • Life cartoon Oct. 23.. 1 rl .World War comedy Oct. 30.. 2 rls .Bruce scenic Oct. 30.. 1 rl .Comedy comedv Nov. 6.. 1 rl Christie comedy Nov. 6..2iTs= Cameo comedy Nov. 6.. 1 rl