Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Nov-Dec 1927
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1927)
Leaf #:
000420
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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40 MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 31, 1927 Short Subjects Are Separated From Features Producers Distributing Division Kind of Picture Review Feet 1925 Meet the Prince (Jos. Schildkraut) Comedy-drama Silence (H. B. Warner) . . Jim, Man Bait (Marie Prevost) Comedy drama. Nobody’s Widow (Joy-Ray-Haver) Farce comedy. Rubber Tires (Ford-Love) Auto comedy Vanity (Leatrice Joy) . . Melodrama White Gold DE MILLE PRODUCTIONS Pathe Brand Product Wreck of the Hesperus. RAYART Midnight Limited (star cast) Railroad melodrama. Call of the Klondike (Glass-Dwan) Melodrama Moran of the Mounted (Howes) Northwest M. P. melo. A Light in the Window (Walthall) Father love drama... Cruise of the Helion (Star cast) Sea action drama Silent Hero (Bonaparte, dog) Northwest melodrama.. STERLING PICTURES CORP. Wreckage (May Allison) Drama Closed Gates (Harron-Novak) Emotional drama Stranded (Shirley Mason) Studio melodrama TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS, INC. Backstage (Bedford-W. Collier, Jr.) ... Comedy drama Beauty Shoppe (Busch) Society com-dr College Days (Marceline Day) College com.-dr. Enchanted Island Romantic drama. Fools of Fashion (Busch) Cpmedy drama.. Lightning Zane Gray drama The First Night (Lytell-Devore) Farce com Tired Business Man Comedy . . Sept. 19 . 5,077 Oct. 3 . 7,641 Dec. 12. . 9,981 28 6,161 1926 . May 22 . 6,612 Jan. 23 . 7,231 July 31 6,400 Dec. 18 . 7,460 Feb. 6 . 5,666 June 19 . 5,614 . May 29. . 6,750 Feb. 20 . 5,503 June 26 . 5,800 Oct. 9 . 6,400 4 . 5,790 . Oct 16 7295 Tuly 3. . 5,901 Feb. 13 . 6,095 23 . 6,736 . Nov. 29 . 6,636 . May 15 . . 6,995 . May 8 . 6,600 May 1 . . 7,257 30 . 6,011 July 10. . 6,763 lulv 3 . 5.865 5. . 7,518 Tuly 24. . 5,560 . Jan. 9 . 6,717 July 17. . 5.994 Feb. 20 . 7.415 12. . 7,979 26 , 6,345 . Apr. 24. . 10,660 Sept. 11 . 6,858 2 . 7,373 . May 8 . 6,155 . 10 6,900 1927 June 4 . 7,107 Feb. 19 6,859 May 21 . 6,035 . Tan. 1 5,324 Apr. 23. 13.500 . Tan. 29 5.865 May 9 5,736 Jan. 15 . 6,421 Apr. 9 . 6,303 June 18 5,921 May 14 7,820 Apr. 9 6,198 Dec. 10. . 5,478 Dec. 3 . . 6,447 1925 Dec. 27 5,255 1926 Aug. 21 5,803 Sept. 4 . . 5,301 1927 Nov. 12 . 5,960 Sept. 24 . 6,089 Aug. 20 . 5,502 1926 July 24 5,723 1927 May 28 5,563 . Sept. 10 5,414 Tuly 9 . 5,754 Tuly 16 . 5,669 Jan. 15 5.300 . Mar. 24. . 6,024 6. . 7,300 25 . 4,887 Oct. 9 6,482 Sept. 24 5,233 Feb. 26 . 5,600 . Nov. 27 . 5,800 .Dec. 10. . 6,235 Dec. 11 . 6,100 July 30 5,182 Feb. 19 5,500 Dec. io’ ' 6*448 . Nov. 19 5,614 UNITED ARTISTS 1927 Beloved Rogue ( J. Barrymore) Romantic drama Apr. 2 9,264 College (Buster Keaton) Gag comedy Sept. 17.. 5,916 Love of Sunya (Gloria Swanson) Episodic drama Mar. 19 7,311 Kind of Picture Review Feet Sorrel & Son (Nilsson-H. B. Warner) ... Father love dr. . . The Gaucho (D. Fairbanks) Typical action dr.. The General (Buster Keaton) Civil War comedy UNIVERSAL Michael Strogoff Russian Melodrama Old Soak (Jean Hersholt) Comedy drama Red Hot Leather (Hoxie) Western Spangles (O’Malley-Nixon) Circus comedy-dr. Texas Streak (Hoot Gibson) Thrill w< Yellow Back (Fred Humes) Western A Man’s Past (Veidt-Bedford) Tense drama. Back to God’s Country (Adoree) Curwood N. W. story Beware of Widows (Laura LaPlante) ... Light farce-comedv . . Denver Dude (Hoot Gibson) Action Fighting Three (Jack Hoxie) Western melodr Fourth Commandment (Bennett-Carr) . , . Sentimental dra Grinning Guns (Jack Hoxie) Action western Held by the Law (Lewis) Crime-detective Hero for a Night A (Tryon) Gag comedy Irresistible Lover (Moran-Kerry) Romantic Comedy... Les Miserables (Star cast) Hugo’s novel Les Miserables Long version Loco Luck (Art Acord) Action western Love Thrill (Laura-LaPlante) ..Farce comedy Men of Daring (Hoxie) Thrill western One Man Game (Fred Humes).. Blue Streak western. Painted Ponies (Gibson) Rodeo stunt w Painting the Town (Tryon) Farce comedy Perch of the Devil (Busch-O’Malley) . . . Melodrama Rough and Ready (Hoxie) Western . Sensation Seekers (Billie Dove) Romance-drama Silk Stockings (La Plante) Married Surrender (Mary Philbin) Vienese The Claw (Windsor-Kerry) South African drama. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (star cast) Stowe adaptation Wrong Mr. Wright (Jean Hersholt) .... Farce . Sept. 24 . 8,308 . Nov. 12 . 8,700 29 . 7,440 Apr. 16 9,120 .Nov. 19. . 9,000 . Nov. 26 . 9,265 .Feb. 12 . 7,500 Aug. 13 . 7,456 29 . 8,250 . Dec. 4 . . 8 rls. 1926 . Nov. 20. . 6,107 11 . 6,945 . Sept. 4 . 7,603 2 . 5,747 . Dec. 4 . . 4,474 Oct. 30 . 9,315 . Sept. 11 . . 7,445 Dec. 18 . 4,390 . 27 4,535 25 . 5,598 6 . 5,638 16. . 6,649 Sept. 25 . . 6,250 9 . 4,766 1927 June 25. . 6,869 Sept. 17. . 5,916 Aug. 6. . 5,751 . May 9 , 5,777 1 . 7,319 May 14. . 7,712 26 5.292 May 2. . 6,910 . May 21 . 4,198 Apr. 23. . 6,892 May 14 . 4,689 Apr. 2 . 6,929 26. . 5,711 Apr. 9 5,378 . Nov. 19. . 6,958 Aug. 27 7,713 11 rls. Jan. 22 . 4.827 21 . 6,038 Apr. 9 . 6,155 Feb. 12 . 4,689 1 . . 6,170 July 23. . 5.416 25 . 5.900 5 . 6,807 8 . 4.409 Tan. 29 . 7,015 .17. . 6,172 Aug. 20. . 5,947 . Nov. 12 . 8,249 . Feb. 19 . 7,172 May 28 5.252 . Nov. 12. . 12.000 5. . 6,450 WARNER BROS. 1926 Across the Pacific (Monte Blue) Melodrama Oct. 16. Don Juan (John Barrymore) Romantic drama Aug. 21. Footloose Widows (Fazenda-Logan) .... Farce-comedy . Tuly 3 .. Millionaires (Sidney-Fazenda-Gordon) . . . Heart int. Hebrew com. . . I^Tov. 20 . . My Official Wife (Rich-Tearle) Drama Nov. 6.. Social Highwayman (Devore-Love) Farce-comedy June 26 The Better ’Ole (Syd Chaplin) Supercomedy Oct. 23. While London Sleeps (Rin-Tin-Tin) Dog melodrama Dec. 11 Why Girls Go Back Home (Miller) .... Comedy drama May 29 6.945 10,018 7,163 6,903 7,840 6,107 8.649 5.810 5,26? A Million Bid (Dolores Costello) A Reno Divorce (May McAvoy) A Sailor’s Sweetheart (Fazenda-Cook) . . Bitter Apples (Monte Blue-Myma Loy) Black Diamond Express (Blue) Dearier (Irene Rich) Don’t Tell the Wife (I. Rich) First Auto (Barney Oldfield) Gay Old Bird (Fazenda) Good Time Charley (star cast) Heart of Maryland (D. Costello) Hills of Kentucky (Rin-Tin-Tin) Irish Hearts (May McAvoy) Jaws of Steel (Rin-Tin-Tin) Jazz Singer (Jolson-MacAvoy) Matinee Ladies (May McAvoy) Missing Link (Syd Chaplin) Old San Francisco (D. Costello) One Round Hogan (Blue-Jim Jeffries) . . Sailor Izzy Murphy (Jessel) Simple Sis (Fazenda-C. Cook) The Brute (Monte Blue) The Climbers (Irene Rich) Third Degree (Dolores Costello) Tracked by the Police (Rin-Tin-Tin) . . What Every Girl Should Know (Miller) What Happened to Father (W. Oland) . When A Man Loves (J. Barrymore) .... White Flannels (Louise Dresser) Wolf’s Clothing (Blue-Miller) 1927 Melodrama June 4 . 6,310 Sophisticated drama Oct. 29 . 5.492 Sea farce-comedy Oct. 15 5,685 Melodrama May 9 5,453 Railroad melodrama July 23 .. 5.803 Heart-int. drama June 18.. 5,897 Light comedy Feb. 5 . 6,972 Old-time autos dr July 9 . 6,767 Farce-comedy Mar 12.. 6,284 Stage com-dr Nov. 26.. 6,302 Civil War melo July 30.. 5,968 Dog melodrama Feb. 26.. 6,271 Comedy drama June 11.. 5.397 Western melodrama Oct. 1 5.569 Comedy drama Oct. 22 . 8.117 Modem life comedy Apr. 23 . 6,352 Farce comedy May 14 6,485 Romance-melodrama . . June 25 . 7.961 Prize fight drama Oct. 8 6.357 Sailor farce Dec. 10 . 6,020 Heart Interest melo. June 11 6.218 Western drama May 2 . 5.901 Drama May 2S . 6,631 Stage melodrama. Jan. 8 7.647 Dog melodrama Slay 21 5.813 Romantic comedy-drama Mar. 19 6.281 Character farce-com. July 9 5.567 Classic romance Feb. 12 10.049 Football-thrills Apr. 2 6.820 Action-thrill melo Jan. 29 . 7,068