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 #:
000502
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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402 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD THANHOUSER FILMS " Famous in a Day ! " RELEASE OF TUESDAY, MARCH 29 "SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN!" A COMEDY DRAMA Sikes, a gentleman of the Raffles order, reads in the paper that Mrs. Eldridge, a young society woman, who alleged that she had been robbed of her jewels, confessed that she had in reality pawned them — admitting that the robbery was a prearranged affair in which she played the leading role and her maid the supporting one. Sikes decides to have it appear that the lady robbed herself a second time. Disguised as a clergyman, he obtains the jewels. Naturally, everybody believes Mrs. Eldridge again guilty! And then — a clever detective turns up and shows public opinion mistaken by fastening the offence on the real offender. Here is a REAL plot, and a REAL picture! Length, lOOO Feet No. 3. Code Word, Rail POSTERS, TOO THANHOUSER FILM IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY ! The success of our first release is now moving picture history. The veteran picture man will tell you that the average second release falls behind the first in all-round strength — but not so with " ST. ELMO," the THANHOUSER second release. That isn't the Thanhouser way, AND " ST. ELMO " PROVED IT — by showing an advance on its predecessor. "SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN" is the big third release, and on and after TUESDAY, MARCH 29, you'll get your chance at it if your exchange is looking after you properly. If you haven't been getting your share of Thanhouser film, send us the name of your exchange and we'll be glad to jog it up. THE QUARANTEE OF ARTISTIC FILM THANHOUSER COMPANY NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. Watch for "DADDY'S DOUBLE," the Feature Release of Tuesday, April 5