Moving Picture World (Jan - Feb 1919)

Page scan 00032 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan - Feb 1919
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan - Feb 1919)
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
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 26, 2024
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24 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 4, 1919 CAPITOl u aron Jones Is Callinq Smilinq Bill Parsons Names. T^HE powerful Chicago amusement magnate says: A "I know why 'Smiling Bill' Parsons has caught on so quickly with his Capitol Comedies. He's a good showman and a wise one He's the Ziegfeld of screen comedies." Which means that "Smiling Bill" Parsons seeks and finds the loveliest girls in sunny California and surrounds himself with them in Capitol Comedies. Beautiful girls and plenty of them — blondes, brunettes; tall girls, medium girls, plump girls and willowy girls — a bald comedian with a twinkle in his eyes and a joyous smile. Those are the identifying marks of S^PARSONS ^ capitol Comedies 26 a Year Every Second Monday Fountain pen in hand, walk in quickly to the nearest Goldwyn office and sign up for: December 29 January 12: January 26 : February 9 : "Poor Innocent" "You Know What I Mean" "The Big Idea" "Have Another" If you can't get in personally write, wire or phone. They are worth the toll. GOLDWYN DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION Samuel Goldfish, President 16 East 4.2m/ Street Mew York City JL .*"