Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1910)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Jun 1910
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1910)
Leaf #:
000446
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:
February 22, 2024
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136 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD When you start in the motion picture business, you want to get a "Standing Room Only" sign before you open your show, If vou start with THE EDISON KINETOSCOPE The Edison Kinetoseope is the one machine you can depend upon to pack the house to the doors, night after night, to bring back the same crowd constantly and build up the steady, dependable The Edison Kinetoseope costs less to operate, demands fewest repairs and is the most durable motion picture machine made. Write to-day for booklet giving full particulars and copy of the Edison Kinetogram. EDISON FILMS RELEASE OF MARCH 15 FRUIT GROWING. GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO An Industrial subject ahowlng the results accomplished In an arid country by Irrigation. The of Irrigation itself n< well as the scientific methods of cultivating and protecting the fruit arc graphically shown through the medium ol excellent photography. Will interest any audience. No. 6602 Code, VESTIGING App. Length, 570 feet A MOUNTAIN BLIZZARD Comedy. Three tenderfeet, prospecting in the Siena Nevada Mountains, after a series of amusing adventures, are benighted In the thick of a terrible blizzard. In despair they lie down to dir a dozen yards from a hotel obscured by tin storm! Discovered, their resumption of their favorite vices is as laughable as the renunciation was pathetic, a clever film. No. 6603 Code, VESTIGIOS App. Length, 425 feet RELEASE OF MARCH 18 FRANKENSTEIN The most absorbing "silent drama" ever produced. Mis. Shelley's harrowing tale of the monster created by the young student who discovered the mystery of life, of the persistency and Jealousy with which it dogged the footsteps of its creator, and finally of its dissolution through tlie force of true love is most vividly presented with the repulsive situations eliminated. The formation of the monster in a caldron of blazing chemicals is a photographc marvel. No. 6604. Code, VESTIGLO App. Length, 975 feet RELEASE OF MARCH 22 A WESTERN ROMANCE (Dramatic) No. 6605 * Code, VESTILIUS.. App. Length, 690 feet THE MAN WITH THE WEAK HEART (Comedy) No. 6606 Code, VIOLON App. Length, 305 feet RELEASE OF MARCH 25 THE SUIT CASE MYSTERY (Dramatic) Especially written by E. W. Townsend No. 6607 Code, VIOLONCELO App. Length, 935 feet RELEASE OF APRIL I MICHAEL STROGOFF Jules Verne's Dramatic Story of the Czar's Faithful Courier. A FILM EXTRAORDINARY Edison Manufacturing Co. MAIN OFPICE and FACTORY: 72 LAKESIDE AVE., ORANOB, N. J. New York Office: 10 Fifth Avenue. Chicago Office: 90 Wabash Ave. KINETOSCOPE JOBBERS Geo. Breck, 70 Turk St., San Francisco. P. L. Waters. 41 E. 21st St., New York City. Howard Moving Picture Co., 564 Washington St., Lake Shore Film & Supply Co., 314 Superior Ave., Boston. N. E., Cleveland. Yale Film Excb. Co., 622 Main St., Kansas City. Chas. A. Calebuff, 4th & Green Sts., Philadelphia. Office for United Kingdom: Edison Works, Victoria Road, Willesden, N. W., England. Dealers in All Principal Cities TERMARK Release Date March 14 "THE DAWN OF FREEDOM" Length 630 Feet. Code Word: "Freedom ■* Gen. Shurman once said, "War is Hell"— so it is— says "Seli!*.** Hut nothing compared to the detail with which our great War Subjects are prepared and executed. See "THE. DAWN OF FREEDOM. " Its so good we can hardly wait for its release. On this Reel. 330 feet of Blue eradicator and spasm adjustor entitled "A CROWDED HOTEL" Code Word: "Hotel" ft • O Serv can you day. ANGE Avenue LE, KY. E n ft; t we /ice to-< XCH Fourth IISVIL •«■ [t| rt u <U -J " Urn o F^ J3 <u.ti n ^ 3 £ o <V ^ Js o 3 nvince just t Bette Craw < Let us co give you require. RAWFO Locust Stre T. LOUIS, MO. • eta Wo" ^™ QQ • ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR FILM SERVICE? We can supply you. Call and see us and let us quote you our prices. We are the largest independent film exchange in Greater New York. We serve the best. Our Supply Department is also the Best in Town Carbons $2.00 per hundred Film Cement .10 " bottle Condensers .40 each Terminals, (lugs) .04 " Asbestos Wire .07 per foot Admission Tickets .08 per 1000 The best equipped machine shop in New York for repairs. HUDSON FILM COMPANY Members of N. I. M. P. A. 134 East 14th Street, NEW YORK CITY Telephone S812 Stuvvesant. -OF PICTUREDOM SELIG First in War First in Peace First in the Hearts of the Picture Fan Length 370 Feet. A regular button-buster— so bring your pocket full of strings. HE ORIGINATED The great pictures of the Plains, the great Indian subjects, the great War films and now comes another field. "IN THE FROZEN NORTH" Release Date March I 7 Length I OOO Feet. Code Word: "North' Produced on the same mammoth magnificent style that characterize all the f£LIG pictures. SELIG POLYSCOPE COMPANY, Inc. "THE MASTERMARK 45=47=49 Randolph St., Chicago, U. S. A □ F PICTUREDOM