Moving Picture World (Jan - Feb 1919)

Page scan 000460 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 #:
000460
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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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444 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 25, 1919 EXHIBITORS YOUR OPPORTUNITY THE FAMOUS TWO REEL COMEDY-DRAMAS STARRING BOOK NOW AT THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGES GREATER NEW YORK & NEW YORK STATE INTERSTATE FILMS, INC., 729 Seventh Ave., N. Y. City. CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA ALL STAR FEATURE FILM CO., INC., (Sol. Lesser) 191 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Cal. OHIO & KENTUCKY MASTERPIECE FILM ATTRACTIONS, (Sol. Lesser and Leon Netter) Sincere Building, Cleveland Ohio. EASTERN PENN. & SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY MASTERPIECE FILM ATTRACTIONS, 1235 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. WESTERN PENN. & WEST VIRGINIA QUALITY FILM CORP., 414 Ferry Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTERN FILM CORP., 1911 Ys Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas. EASTERN MO. & SOUTHERN ILL. STANDARD FILM CO., New Plaza Building, St. Louis, Mo. MICHIGAN STRAND FEATURES, 201 Film Exchange Building, Detroit, Mich. SOUTH CAROLINA, GA., TENN., ALABAMA & FLA. SAVINI FILMS, INC., 63 Walton St., Atlanta, Ga. DELAWARE, MD., DIST. OF COLUMBIA & VIRGINIA BALTIMORE STATE RIGHTS CO., INC., (Ralph A. Wettstein) 412 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. NORTHERN NEW JERSEY FRANK GERSTEN, INC. 126 West 46th Street, N. Y. City. IOWA & NEBRASKA STERLING FILM CO., 1417 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. KANSAS & WEST MISSOURI STANDARD FILM CO., Boley Building, Kansas City, Mo. MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, RHODE ISLAND, CONN. & MASS. EASTERN FEATURE FILM CO., 57 Church Street, Boston, Mass. WISCONSIN MIDWEST DISTRIBUTING CO. (Ralph A. Wettstein) Toy Building, Milwaukee, Wis. WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO & MONTANA DE LUXE FEATURE FILM CO., 2014 3rd Avenue, Seattle, Wash. NORTH CAROLINA ELTABRAN FILM CO., Charlotte, N. C. STATE RIGHTS BUYERS, IF YOUR TERRITORY IS NOT LISTED IT IS STILL AVAILABLE, SO ACT AT ONCE EXCLUSIVE FEATURES, Inc. __ 126 WEST 46TH ST. (Phone: Bryant 6436) NEW YORK /^newyork-ny^ Exhibitors by the Thousands Pay $3.00 the Year for the WORLD and Get Full Value