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 #:
000415
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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January 29, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 377 Short Subjects Separated From Features Kind of Picture Review Country Beyond (Olive Borden) Curwood drama Oct. 23.. Whispering Wires (Anita Stewart) Mystery melodrama .Oct. 30.. International Eucharistic Congress Religious N°v. Return of Peter Grimm (star cast) Drama from play Nov. 20.. The City (Robert Frazer) Clyde Fitch drama Nov. 27.. What Price Glory? (all star) War comedy-drama Nov. 29.. Wings of the Storm (Thunder-dog) Melodrama Dec. A.. Canyon 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.. Desert Valley (Buck Jones) Western comedy-dr Jan. 8.. One Increasing Purpose (Lowe) Drama Jan. 15.. Music Master (Alec. B. Francis) Belasco play Jan. 22.. Feet 5463 5,906 Kind of Picture Review Feet Auction Block (C. RayBoardman). 6,950 5,500 11,400 5,374 5.389 5,425 5,242 6,782 4,731 7,677 7,734 Paris (Chas. Ray) Parisian drama Lovey Mary (Bessie Love) Drama Short Subjects *926 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 Varietie May 29.. 960 A Social Triangle O. Henry series June 5.. 2,000 Eight Cylinder Bull Comedy June 12.. 2,000 Belgium Today Varieties June 19.. 735 Rah! Rah! 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 the Giant Kid and animals July 3.. 2,000 It’s a Pipe (Georgie 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.. 2,000 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 scries Dec. 25.. 2 rls 1927 Bathing Suitor (G. Harris) Imperial comedy Jan. 1.. 2 rls My Ladv’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 Big Business Imperial comedy Jan. 22. .2 rls. Constantinople Scenic Jan. 22.. 1 rl. Society Architect Van Bibber Jan. 22.. 2 rls. 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-Gsrdon) Melodrama Sept. 11.. 6,000 Block Signal (Ralph Lewis) Railroad melodrama Oct. 9.. 5.900 Winning Waliop (W. Fairbanks) ..Action comedy-dr Oct. 30.. 5,000 Money to Burn (Devore-MacGregor) Romantic action dr Nov. 29.. 5,900 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Sun-Up (Starke-Nagel) Mountain tragedy Aug. 29.. 5,819 Merry Widow (Murray-Gilbert) Romantic drama Sep. 12.. 10,627 Mystic (Pringle-Tearle) Fake spiritualism Sept. 12.. 6,147 The Circle (E. Boardman) Drawing room comedy Oct. 3.. 5,511 Great Divide (all star) Drama Feb. 21.. 7,811 Rag Man (Coogan) Comedy-dr Mar. 14.. 5.908 Beauty Prize (Dana) Comedy-dr Oct. 11.. 5,750 Tower of Lies (Chaney-Shearer) Drama of pathos Oct. 10.. 6,849 Exchange of Wives (Boardman) Married life com Oct. 17.. 6,300 Midshipman (Ramon Novarro) Naval com. -drama Oct. 31.. 7,498 Go West (Buster Keaton) Burlesque western Nov. 7.. 6,256 Lights of Old Broadway (Davies) Old N. Y. drama Nov. 14.. 6,437 Old Clothes (Coogan) Typical feature Nov. 21.. 5.915 Bright Lights (Chas. Ray) Type corn-drama Nov. 28.. 6.260 Only Thing (BoardmanNagel) Glyn love drama Dec. 5.. 5,824 Masked Bride (Mae Murray) Paris underworld Dec. 12.. 5.690 Sally, Irene and Mary (Star cast) Musical comedy hit Dec. 19.. 5,564 Time, the Comedian (Busch-Cody) Unique drama Dec 26 4.757 1926 His Secretary (Shearer) Light comedy Jan. 2.. 6.433 Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro) Lew Wallace story Tan 16,.12.nnn Dance Madness (NagelWindsor) Comedy drama Feb. 6.. 6.3°* The Blackbird (Lon Chaney) CrnnV TV-im* Feb. 13 . 6.688 Mare Nostrum (Rex Ingram prod.)-. rnanez Novel Feb 27 PARAMOUNT A Regular Fellow (R. Griffith). New Brooms (Bessie Love) W. DeMille proc Ancient Highway (Holt -Dove) Lumber camp dr. Lord Jim (Marmont) .....Malay locale dr. Cobra (Valentino) Drama Enchanted Hill (Holt) Western Hands Up (R. Griffith) Burlesque on war Sea Horses (HoltVidor) Drama of tropics Nell Gwyn (Dorothy Gish) Farce-comedy ..Feb. 27.. 6,239 20.. 6,769 3.. 6,488 10.. 6,750 1.. 6,710 15.. 7,941 22.. 5,139 12.. 5,580 ...July 3.. 10 . 6,167 .6,551 7.. 7,322 21.. 9,000 4.. 6,970 2.. 6,025 .Oct. 23.. 8^ 6.. 6,960 13.. 8,536 20.. 6.461 ..Nov. 27.. 6.048 . . Nov. 29.. 6,567 A.. 6,598 11.. 8,110 25.. 8,616 1927 1.. 8,800 8.. 5,680 15.. 8,750 15.. 6,088 1925 10.. 6,925 17.. 5,027 ...Oct. 24.. 10,063 31.. 6,374 31.. 6,570 7.. 5,700 7.. 6,224 14.. 6,048 14.. 5,443 ..Nov. 21.. 6,0V 28.. 6,702 28.. 6,691 5.. 7,008 19.. 6,895 26.. 6,353 1926 2.. 6,069 9.. 9,621 9.. 6,326 16.. , 6,765 23.. 10,253 30.. 6,981 30.. 5,883 ...Feb. 6.. 7,931 ...Feb. 13.. 6,997 20.. 5,555 ...Feb. 27.. 6,314 ...Feb. 27.. 6,133 6.. 6,565 13.. 7,169 20.. 6.800 6.. 6,80 27.. 6,467 Untamed Lady (Gloria Swanson) 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.. 6450 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.. 6418 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.. 5,503 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) .. 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.. 6,950 Campus Flirt (Bebe Daniels) College comedy Oct. 2.. 6,702 Tin Gods (Thomas Meighan) Drama Oct. 2.. 8,568 You’d Be Surprised (k. Griffith) Satirical comedy Oct. 9.. 5.904 Kid Boots (Eddie Cantor) Comedy Oct.23.. 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. Fields) Comedy ...Nov. 30.. 6.347 Eagle of the Sea (Vldor-Cortez) Sea drama Nov. 27.. 7,250 Everybody’s Acting (star cast) Stage comedy-dr Nov. 27.. 6,139 Cod 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 Leave ’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.. 7,09? Blonde or Brunette? (Menjou-Nissen) Parisian comedy Tan. 15.. 5.872 La Boheme (Gilbert-Gish) Famous opera Mar. 13.. 8.53T The Potters (W. C. Fields)... Human int. com. -dr Jan. 22.. 6,680