Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1927)

Page scan 00063 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Nov-Dec 1927
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1927)
Leaf #:
00063
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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Convoy (Sherman-Mackaill) Broadway Nights (Lois Wilson).. Tender Hour (Dove-Lyon) Framed (Milton Sills) Naughty But Nice (Colleen Moore) Prince of Head Waiters (L. Stone). White Pants Willie (Hines) Poor Nut (Jack Mulhall) College comedy Smile, Brother, Smile (Mackaill) Beauty parlor com. Three’s a Crowd (Langdon). American Beauty (Billie Dove). FOX FILM CORP Features Review Feet 6,330 30.. 7,780 6.. 6,305 13.. 5.100 20.. 6,770 ..Nov. 27.. 7 rls 29.. 6,115 4. . 6.500 11.. 6,800 18.. 6,798 25.. 6,392 25.. 5,603 1927 1.. 7.833 8.. 6,400 22.. 5,442 22.. 5,620 . . . . Feb . 5.. 5,321 ...Feb. 12.. 7,845 ...Feb. 26.. 5,400 . . Mar. 5.. 6,422 19.. 6,161 2.. 6,300 9.. 5,550 . . .Apr. 9.. , 6,734 16.. 5,760 23.. 5,800 2.. 8,700 7.. 6,300 14.. 5,606 14.. 6.040 21.. 7,724 21.. 6,765 28., , 6,631 25. . 5,559 ...July 2.. 5,000 ....July 9.. 5.282 ..Tuly 16.. 6,520 ...July 23.. 6,400 6.. 6,350 13.. 6,585 . .Aug. 20.. 11,412 . .Sept. 3.. . 7,179 10.. 6,897 17. . 6,548 24. . 5,718 1.. . 6,720 8.. , 5,668 ...Oct. 8.. . 6.477 15. . 7,050 22. . 6,332 1926 Blue Eagle 0 Womanpower The Citv -July 31.. 5,97. ■ Aug. 7., . S.02J .Aug. 14., . 5.741 .Aug. 28.. , 8.0OB .Sept. 4., . 7,168 11.. 4,971 25.. . 6,200 2.. . 6,240 9.. . 6,26* 16.. 4,800 Oct. 23.. 5,363 30.. . 5,906 .Nov. 30.. 20.. . 6.950 Nov. 27. . 5.500 29. .11,400 Dec. 4. . 5,374 11. . 5.389 18. . 5,425 Dec. 25. . 5,242 All’s Swell That Ends Swell Fighting Hearts July 24.. 2,000 Back Fire (Fat trio) Comedy Aug. 21.. 2,000 Cady of Lyons, N. Y Bill Grimm’s Progress ... 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