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 #:
000338
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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302 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 22, 1927 Short Subjects Separated From Features Kind of Picture Review Feet Blue Eagle (George O’Brien) Drama Sep. 25.. 6,200 Womanpower (Graves-Perry; Comedy drama Oct. 2.. 6,240 The Lily (Belle Bennett) Emotional drama Oct. 9.. 6,268 Great K. & A. Train Robbery (Mix) Fast melodrama Oct. 16.. 4,800 Country Beyond (Olive Borden) Curwood drama Oct. 23.. 5,363 Whispering Wires (Anita Stewart) Mystery melodrama Oct. 30.. 5,906 International Eucharistic Congress Religious Nov. 20 Return of Peter Grimm (star cast) Drama from play Nov. 20.. 6,950 The City (Robert Frazer) Clyde Fitch drama Nov. 27.. 5,500 What Price Glory? (all star) War comedy-drama Nov. 29.. 11, 400 Wings of the Storm (Thunder-dog) Melodrama Dec. 4.. 5,374 Canyon of Light (Tom Mix) Typical Mix Dec. 11.. 5.389 Going Crooked (Bessie Love) Crook melodrama Dec. 18.. 5,425 Bertha, Sewing Machine Girl Stage melodrama Dec. 25.. 5,242 1927 Summer Bachelors (Bellamy) Comedy drama ....Jan. 1.. 6,782 Desert Valley (Buck Jones) Western comedy-dr Jan. 8.. 4,731 One Increasing Purpose (Lowe) Drama Jan. 15.. 7,677 Short Subjects 1926 A Bankrupt Honeymoon Comedy Feb. 6.. 2,000 Officer of the Day Imperial Comedy Feb. 13.. 2,000 Egypt Today Variety Feb. 20.. 707 Pawnshop Politics Imperial comedy Feb. 27.. 2,000 Moving Day Helen and Warren Mar. 6.. 2,000 Drops from Heaven Varieties Mar. 6.. 1,000 Woman of Letters Helen and Warren Mar. 13.. 2,000 From the Cabby’s Seat O. Henry comedy April 10.. 2,000 Two Lips in Holland (Marian) Comedy April 17.. 2,000 A Polar Baron Imperial comedy April 24.. 2,000 Too Many Relations Helen and Warren May 15.. 1,965 Canary Island Varieties May 22.. 927 Wild America Varieties May 29.. 960 A Social Triangle O. Henry strict June 5.. 2,000 Eight Cylinder Bull Comedy June 12. .2,000 Belgium Today Varieties June 19.. 735 Rah I Rahl Heidelberg Van Bibber comedy June 26.. 2,000 Mountains of the Law Varieties June 26.. 895 Poland— A Nation Reborn Varieties June 26.. 920 Swimming Instructor Van Bibber July 3.. 2,000 Jerry fhe Giant Kid and animals July 3.. 2,000 It’s a Pipe (Geargie Harris) Imperial comedy July 3.. 2,000 Complete Life O. Henry comedy July 3.. 2,000 A-I. Society Comedy July 10.. 2,000 Family Picnic Comedy July 10.. 2,000 Lickpenny Lover O. Henry series July 24.. 2,000 Dancing Around the World Varieties July 31.. 743 Hello Lafayette (Shields) Imperial comedy Aug. 7.. 2,000 Putting on Dog Varieties Aug. 7.. 749 Lumber Jacks Varieties Aug. 14.. 750 Steeplechaser (Conley) ....Farce comedy Sept. 11.. 2,00# Non-Stop Bride (Gene Cameron) Comedy Sep. 25.. 2,000 King Bozo Van Bibber comedy Oct. 2.. 2,000 Rocky Mountain Gold .Varieties Oct. 9.. 800 Cliff Dwellers of America Varieties Oct. 9.. 845 Dizzy Dancers (Gene Cameron) Imperial comedy .....Oct. 16.. 2,000 Lyin’ Tamer (Ernie Shields) Imperial comedy Oct.23.. 2 rls Marry Month of May O. Henry comedy Oct. 30.. 2 rls King of the Kitchen (Conley) Comedy Nov. 6.. 2 rls Honeymoon Hospital Imperial comedy Nov. 13.. 2 rls. Napoleon, Jr. Animal comedy ...Nov. 13.. 2 rls. Maryland, My Maryland Variety Nov. 20.. 750 Not to Be Trusted (Allan Forrest) Helen and Warren Nov. 20.. 2 rls Great Lakes Variety Nov. 27.. 900 Babes in the Jungle O. Henry series Nov. 29.. .2 rls. Light Wines and Bearded Ladies Imperial comedy Nov. 29. .2 rls. Madam Dynamite Imperial comedy Dec. 11.. 2 rls Battling Kangaroo Animal comedy Dec. 18.. 2 rls Motor Boat Demon Van Bibber series Dec. 25.. 2 rls 1927 Bathing Suitor (G. Harris) Imperial comedy Jan. 1.. 2 rls My Lady’s Stockings Variety Jan. 8.. 1 rl Tennis Wizard (Earle Foxe) Van Bibber series Jan. 15.. 2 rls Overnight from Paris Variety Jan. 15.. 1 rl GOTHAM PRODUCTIONS Shadow on the Wall (Hale-Percy) Drama 6,010 One of the Bravest (Ralph Lewis) Fire Dept, drama 5,750 Phantom of the Forest (Thunder-dog) Drama 5,500 Speed limit (McKee-Shannon) Romantic com 5,860 Racing Blood Racing Drama 6,000 Hearts and Spangles Circus Romance 5,900 Sign of the Claw (Peter, the Great) Dog picture 6.000 Golden Web (Rich-Gardoo) 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 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Midshipman (Ramon Nbvarro). Lights of Old Broadway (Davies). •Mountain tragedy 29.. 5.819 • Romantic drama 12.. 10,627 .Fake spiritualism 12.. 6,147 • Drawing room comedy . 3.. 5,511 • Drama ... Feb. 21.. 7,811 .Comedy-dr 14.. 5.908 .Comedy-dr 11.. 5,750 .Drama of pathos 10.. 6.849 . Married life com 17.. 6,300 .Naval com. -drams 31.. 7,498 .Burlesque western 7.. 6,256 , Old N. Y. drama 14.. 6,437 .Typical feature 21.. 5,915 .Type cam-drama 28.. 6,260 . Glyn love drama 5.. 5,824 .Paris underworld 12.. 5,690 • Musical comedy hit 19.. 5,564 Unique drama ?f> . 4.757 1926 .Light comedy 2.. . 6.433 .Lew Wallace story 16.. I2.nnn .Comedy drama 6.. 6.395 T>ram« 13 . . 6.688 .manez Novel ...Feb 27 .Famous opera 13.. . 8,530 Kind of Picture Ibanez’ “Torrent” (Cortez) Drama Money Talks (MooreWindsor) Farce comedy ... Paris (Chas. Ray) Parisian drama Lovey Mary (Bessie Love) Drama Waltz Dream....... Romantic comedy PARAMOUNT Lovers in Quarantine (Daniels) Farce-comedy New Brooms (Bessie Love). Lord Jim (Marmont) Malay locale dr. Cobra (Valentino) Drama Enchanted Hill (Holt) Western Moana South Sea study Review Feet ..Feb. 27.. 6,239 20.. 6,769 3.. 6,480 10.. 6,750 1.. 6,710 15.. 7,941 22.. 5,139 12.. , 5,580 ..July 3.. 6,167 10 . .6,551 7.. 7,322 21.. 9,000 4.. 6,970 2.. 6,025 • Oct. 23.. 1,221 6.. 6,960 13.. 8,536 . .Nov. 20.. 6.461 . .Nov. 27.. 6,048 ..Nov. 29.. 6,567 4.. 6,598 11.. 8,110 25.. 8,616 1927 1.. 8,800 8.. 5.680 15.. 8,750 15.. 6,088 1925 26.. 9,929 10.. 6,925 17.. 5,027 24.. 10,063 31.. 6,374 31.. 6,570 7.. 5,700 7.. 6,224 14.. 6,048 14.. 5,443 21.. 6,03v 28.. 6,702 28.. 6,691 5.. 7,008 19.. 6,895 26.. 6,352 1926 2.. 6,069 9.. 9,621 9.. 6,326 16.. 6,765 23.. 10,253 30.. 6,981 30.. 5,883 6.. 7,931 13.. 6,997 20.. 5,555 ...Feb. 27.. 6,314 27.. 6,133 6.. 6,565 13.. 7,169 20.. 6,800 6.. 6,800 miss Brewsters Millions (Ltamels) Uymedy-araraa Mar. 27.. 6,467 New Klondike (Thos. Meighan) Comedy drama Apr. 3.'.' 7, 445 Untamed Lady (Gloria Swansoo) Society drama Apr. 3.. 6,132 Crown of Lies (Pola Negri) Romantic drama Apr. 10.. 5,020 Desert Gold (Hamilton-Mason) Zane Grey western Apr. 10.. 6^850 For Heaven’s Sake (Harold Lloyd) Typical comedy April 17.. 5,356 Blind Goddess (Holt -Torrence) Mystery Drama April 17.. 7,363 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 8.. 6^218 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.. 5,109 Rainmaker (Collier, Jr.) Drama June 12.. 6’,055 Say It Again (Dix) Travesty-farce June 19.. 7’,443 Volcano (Daniels) Thrill melodrama June 12.. 5,462 Good and Naughty (Pola Negri) Society comedy June 26.. 5,5(B 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) .. Farce 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.. 6.95G Campus Flirt (Bebe Daniels) College comedy Oct. 2.. 6,702 Tin Gods (Thomas Meighan) P1"3.™3 Oct. 2.. 8.568 You’d Be Surprised (it. 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 Front” Nov. 20.. 5.519 So’s Your Old Man (W. C. Reids) Comedy Nov. 20.. 6,347 Eagle of the Sea (Vi dorCortez) Sea drama Nov. 27.. 7,250 Everybody’s Acting (star casO Stage comedy-dr Nov. 27.. 6,139 God Gave Me Twenty Cents (all star).... Romance -drama Nov. 29.. 6,532 The Great Gatsby (Warner Baxter) Drama Dec. 4.. 7.296 Old Ironsides (special cast) Super-special 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 T^ave ’Em (Brent) Comedy drama Dec. 18.. 6.075 Popular Sin (Vidor-Brook) Love drama Dec. 25.. 6,244 1927 Hotel Imperial (Pola Negri) Drama Jan. 8.. 7.091 Blonde or Brunette? (Menjou-Nissen) Parisian comedy Jan. 15.. 5.872