Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

Page scan 000337 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Feb 1927
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)
Leaf #:
000337
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:
May 30, 2024
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MOVING PICTURE WORLD 302 January 22, 1927 Star, Story Type, Review and Footage Here Felix Shatters the Sheik His Off-Day (Dunham) Figures of Fancy Bad Breaks Felix Hunts the Hunter ... Thens and Nows Raging Tide Midnight Follies Mighty Smithy Open Spaces (Big Boy) Felix Busts a Bubble Flaming Romance (A1 St. John).., Movieland The Mona Lisa Teacher, Teacher! (Hamilton) Bruce Scenic Hoot Mon (Bobby Vernon) Cool Off (Duffy -Cornwall) A Briny Boob (Billy Dooley) Land O’ Fancy (Felix-cat) ....... . Close Shaves (Arthur) Reverse English (Felix-cat) A Key-hole Cruise Have Courage (Dooley) Baimroi Was Right Much Mystery (Davis) One Sunday Morning (Hamilton). Parisian Importations in Color Felix Trumps the Ace Balloon Tired Three Bruce Scenics Wild and Woozy (Jimmy Adams) Felix Collars the Button Sweet Baby (Lupino Lane) Mister Chump (Phil Dunham) Why Women Pay A Movie Medley Sure Fire Kind of Picture Review Feet .Sullivan cartoon Nov. 13.. 1 rl. • Cameo comedy Nov. 13.. 1 rl. • Hodge-Podge Nov. 13.. 1 rl. .Cameo comedy Nov. 20.. 1 rl .Sullivan cartoon Nov. 20.. 1 rl .“Curiosities” Nov. 20.. 1 rl • Life cartoon Nov. 27.. 1 rl • Mermaid comedy Nov. 27.. 2 rls .Life cartoon Nov. 27.. 1 rl • Juvenile comedy Nov. 27.. 2 rls .Sullivan cartoon Nov. 29.. 1 rl. .Burlesque melodrama Nov. 29.. 2 rls. .Lupino Lane comedy Nov. 29.. 2 rls. • Romantic Production Nov. 29.. 2 rls. ..Comedy Nov. 29.. 2 rls. ..Hula-Hula, etc Dec. 4..1 rl. ..Comedy Dec. 4. .2 rls. ..Comedy Dec. 4.. 2 rls. .-Comedy Dec. 4. .2 rls. ..Sullivan cartoon Dec. 11.. 1 rl ..Tuxedo comedy Dec. 11.. 2 rls ..Sullivan cartoon Dec. 11.. 1 rl ..Hodge-Podge Dec. 18.. 1 rl . Comedy Dec. 18.. 2 rls . Life Cartoon Dec. 18.. 1 rl ..Mermaid comedy Dec. 25.. 2 rls ..Comedy Dec. 25.. 2 rls ..Koda-Chrome process Dec. 25.. 1 rl 1927 ..Sullivan cartoon Jan. 1.. 1 rl ..Life cartoon Jan. 1.. 1 rl .Instructive Jan. 1.. 1 rl ..Christie comedy Jan. 8.. 2 rls ..Sullivan cartoon Jan. 8.. 1 rl ..Comedy Jan. 8.. 2 rls ..Cameo comedy Jan. 8.. 1 rl ..Life cartoon Jan. 15.. 1 rl . Hodge-Podge ... . Jan. 1 5 — 1 rl ..Bobby Vernon comedy ... .jan. 15.. 2 rls EXCELLENT PICTURES CORP. The Kick-Off (Geo. Walsh) Drama A Man of Quality (G. Walsh) Punch melodrama Nov. 6. .5,640 FILM BOOKING OFFICES OF AMERICA Features Secret Orders (Evelyn Brent) Spy Melodrama Sir Lumberjack (Lefty Flynn) Action Western Fighting Boob (Bob Custer) Western Wild To Go (Tom Tyler) Western The Imposter (Brent) Crook melodrama .... Isle of Retribution (L. Rich-Frazer) Melodrama Broadway Gallant (R. Talmadge) Melodrama Hands Across the Border (Thomson) Action western Valley of Bravery (Custer) Warwestern Glenister of the Mounted (Flynn) Mtd. Police melo. .. Jade Cup (Brent) Crook melodrama ... Dead Line (Bob Custer) Western Masquerade Bandit (Tom Tyler) Western Bigger Than Bamum’s (star cast) Melodrama Two-Gun Man (Fred Thomson) Western Her Honor, the Governor (Frederick) Melodrama Better Man (R. Talmadge) Stunt comedy Cowboy Cop (Tom Tyler) Action western Flame of the Argentine (Brent) Melodrama College Boob (Lefty Flynn) Comedy drama One Minute To Play Red Grange special . Laddie (John Bowers) ...Romantic drama Kosher Kitty Kelly (Viola Dana) Hebrew-Irish comedy Breed of the Sea iRalph Ince) Sea-Island drama ... Red Hot Hoofs (Tom Tyler) .....Pugilistic western . A Regular Scout (Fred Thomson) Action western Lone Hand Saunders (Thomson) Action western The Gorilla Hunt ...Burbridge special .. Rose of the Tenements (Shirley Mason) Human int. drama.. Timid Terror (George O’Hara) Comedy drama Her Father Said No (Guard-Brian) Witwer comedy Home Struck (Viola Dana) Drama of stage Cactus Trails (Bob Custer) Western 1926 17.. 5,486 Apr. 24.. 5,146 1.. 4,549 8.. 4,57G 15.. 5,457 29.. 6,200 5.. 5,510 12.. 5.367 19.. 5,021 26.. 5,480 ■ ■July 3.. 3,656 ■ ■ July 10.. 5.000 ..July 10.. 4,010 July 17.. 5,391 July 24 . 5,13° • •July 31. 6,712 7.. 4,703 7.. 4,385 14.. 5,004 21.. 5,340 28.. 7,430 4.. 6,931 2.. 6.105 ..Oct. 30.. 5,408 13.. 4,681 29. . 6,119 4. . 5.453 11. . 4.362 . .Dec. 18. . 6.678 25.. . 4,872 1927 1.. . 6,808 5.. 5,615 . . .Jan. 15. . 4,889 Short Subjects It’s a Buoy (Vaughn) Plane Jane (Vaughn) sock Me to Sleep (Vaughn) .... Ostrich’s Plumes ..: Wild West Pelican's Bill Smouldering Tires Dinky Doodle’s Bedtime Story Dinky Doodle in Egypt Lightning Slider Three of a Kind Cat’s Whiskers Big Charade Dinky Doodle & Little Orphan Black and Blue Eyes Up and Wooing When Sally’s Irish Rose Magician Mule’s Disposition Wedding Daze (Alexander) Vamping Babies (L. Sargent). All’s Swell That Eiu?s Swell.... Bac>' Fire (Fat trie) Lady of Lyons, N. Y The Ar-e 1926 Fighting Hearts series Apr. 10.. 2,000 Fighting Hearts series ...Apr. 10.. 2,000 Fighting Hearts series Apr. 10.. 2,000 Bray cartoon May 15.. 1,000 Bray cartoon May 22. 1.000 .Bray cartoon May 29.. 1.000 • Fighting Hearts June 5.. 2,000 Bray cartoon June 12.. 1.000 Bray Cartoon June 19.. 1,000 Fighting Hearts June 26.. 2,000 Standard comedy June 26.. 2,000 Bray cartoon June 26.. 1,000 Fighting Hearts June 26.. 2,000 • Bray cartoon July 10.. 1,000 .Comedy Fighting Hearts July 17.. 2,000 . FightfBf Hearts July 24.. 2.000 .Bray Dinky-Doodle July 31.. 1,000 Bray Unnatural Hist July 31.. 1.000 .Comedy Aug. 7.. 2,000 • Comedy Aug. 7.. 2,080 .Fighting Hearts Aug. 14.. 2.000 .Comedy Aug, 21.. 2.000 .Bill Grimm’s Progress. 9g. . 2.000 Brav cartoon Ty ’ 1.000 FIRST NATIONAL Kind of Picture Review fee' Dark Angel (Vilma Banky) Graustark (Norma Talmadge) Shore Leave (Barthelmess) What Fools Men (Lewis Stone) Knockout (Milton Sills) Pace That Thrills (Lvon-Astor) Why Women Love (Blanche Sweet) New Commandment (SweetLyon) .. Beautiful City (Barthelmess) Scarlet Saint (Astor-Hughes) .... Unguarded Hour (Sills-Kenyon) .. We Moderns (Colleen Moore) Clothes Make the Pirate (Erroll). Splendid Road (A. Q. Nilsson) Joanna (Dorothy Mackaill) Bluebeard’s Seven Wives (star cast) Infatuation (C. Griffith) Mile. Modiste (C Griffith; Victor Herbert opera. Greater Glory (Tearle-Nilsson) Epic drama Wilderness Woman (Pringle; Comedy Puppets (Sills) Drama . Senor Daredevil (Ken Maynard) Western Paradise (Milton Sills) South Seas melo.’ Midnight Lovers (Nilsson-Stone) Light comedy Syncopating Sue (C. Griffith) Drama Stepping Along (Johnny Hines) Comedy T n rli ac n t D 1 ^ ,r t T-T « « L n ^ T.r TS Silent Lover (Milton Sills) Desert drama FOX FILM CORP Features Everlasting Whisper (Mix) Action-outdoor Lazybones (Buck Jones) Human interest drama Last Lynne (RubensLowe) Famous play When the Door Opened (star cast) Curwood Canadian".’.’" M ages tor Wives (Jacqueline Logan) Golden stage hit Best Bad Man (Tom Mix) Action western Deserts Price (Buck Jones) Action western Short Subjects His Own Lawyer Helen & Warren Cupid a la Carte .0 Henry Series Parisian Knight Van Bibber series 19.. 7,31E 26.. 5,90?. 3.. 6,85c 10.. 7,349 10.. 7,450 24.. 6,911 31.. 6,570 7.. 6980 , .Nov. 14.. 6.468 ..Nov. 14.. 6.927 21.. 6,886 5.. 6,613 12.. 6.609 12.. 8.00C 19.. 7,646 . . Dec. 26.. 7,906 1926 2. 7,774 16.. 5,794 30.. 6,270 30.. 7,000 ..Feb. 6.. 6.825 13.. 7,336 6.. 6,068 13 8.400 20.. 6,200 27.. 6,229 17.. 8.279 1.. 7.423 ..May 8. . 6,230 15. . 9,710 . . May 22.. 7,533 29 . 7.322 5.. 6,500 12.. 5,830 26.. 7,77i 26.. 6,540 3.. 7,468 ...July 10.. 6,402 24.. 9,143 21.. 6,940 28.. 5,885 4. . 6,447 11.. 7,790 25.. 6,727 25.. 7,098 16.. 6,848 ..Oct. 23.. 6,330 30.. 7,780 6.. . 6,305 ..Nov. 13.. 6,100 20.. 6.770 27.. 7 rls 29.. . 6,119 4.. 6.500 ii.. 6,800 18.. 6.798 25.. . 6.392 25.. . 5.603 1927 1.. . 7.833 8.. 6,400 1925 31 5,61‘ ...Oct. 31. . 7,<23' \. 8.97 28. 6,51. 5.. . 6.60C Dec 12. 4,89. .. Dec. 19. . 5,70# 26. . 2. OOP 26. . 2,000 26 2,000 26. 2,000 26. . 1.000 Feature* Gilded Butterfly (Rubeng-Lytell) Drama Jan. Palace of Pleasure (Lowe-Compson) Romantic drama Tan. First Year (K. Perry-M. Moore) Matrimonial comedy Feb Yankee Senor (Tom Mix-Tony) Spanish-western Feh Cowboy & The Countess (Jones) Action melodrama Feb Road to Glory (McAvoyFenton) Drama Feb. Johnstown Flood (all-star) Spectacular melo Mar Dixie Merchant (Bellamy) Drama Mar. My Own Pal (Tom Mix, dog and child) .. Western Mar Yellow Fingers (Olive Borden) Oriental melodrama ......April. Sandy (Madge Bellamy) Drama April Fighting Buckaroo (Buck Jones) Comedy melodrama May Rustling for Cupid (O’Brien) Romantic western Mav Shamrock Handicap (J. F. McDonald) Romantic racing drama. ..Mav Early to AVed (M. MooreK. Perry) Domestic drama May A Man Four-Square (Buck Jones) Western Tune Black Paradise (Bellamy) Thrill melodrama Tune r i1^ X° d1inatown (Foxe) Farce-comedy June S?nt] 'e Cyclone (Buck Jones) .....Action -comedy July More Pay— Less Work (Mary Brian) Comedy-drama fulT Fig Leaves (O’BrienBorden) Comedy drama July Family Upstairs (ValliMacDonald) Comedy d Midnight Kim.. Comedy drama Aug. No Mans Gold (Tom Mix) Western Aug. Bad Men (Star cast) Spectacular thrill melo. -Aug. Marnage License? (Alma Rubens) Mother-love drama Sept. Flying Horseman (Buck Jones) Action western Sept. 1926 16. 23. . 6.. 13.. 13.. 20.. 13 20.. 27.. 10.. 17 1.. 8 . 22. . 29.. 5.. 12.. 26.. 3.. 10 .. 17.. 31.. 7.. 14. . 28.. 4.. 11.. 6,200 5 467 6.038 4.902 5.345 5.600 6.258 5,126 6.038 5.994 7.850 5.095 4.8.15 5.68' 5,912 4.744 4 062 5.594 4,825 .6.027 6.498 5.971 5.025 5.745 8.000 7.168 4.971