Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1910)

Page scan 000524 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Jun 1910
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1910)
Leaf #:
000524
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:
May 30, 2024
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514 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD A Drawing Card for Moving Picture Theatres ,ouise M. M anon IN Illustrated poems, now booking in Moving Picture Houses in and out of town, also for professional entertainment. Miss Marion is presenting several beautiful poems written by Fred Emmerson Brooks, which she has illustrated with special permission from the author. This work never fails to make a hit on every occasion. Operator, Vaudeville Sketch and music furnished when desired. Highest testimonials. Terms reasonable. LOUISE M. MARION 321 West 23rd Street New York City ^ Will Sell at a Sacrifice Stock and Fixtures of Film Exchange that has been in storage for over a year in upper New York State. Stock consists of about 300 reels, several machines, machine parts, carbons, etc. Full inventory and particulars will be given to any one who means business by MERCHANDISE P. O. Box 226, Madison Square, New York THE REASON WHY IN 1909 THE MOTIOGRAPH SALES NEARLY DOUBLED is because it not only SHOWS THE BEST PICTURES but is also most convenient for the operator and it STANDS THE HEAVY CONSTANT GRIND of the busy Electric Theatre, in fact, It Delivers the Goods in Motiograph Style TH AT IC \VHY Manager w H Johnson of the Colonial Theatre, ''™ ' **~ J" of Kalamazoo, Mich., an old time amusement and Motion Pictuie Man, who in 1907, bought the First flotiograph manufactured and later bought one for his other theatre, "likes the flotiograph better than any other machine," and writes Feb. 17, 1910: "You surely have a wonderful machine." Manager Johnson has run on this first machine about 75 shows per week for nearly three years. TUiTlC WHY ManaSer E s Schultz, of the Baker and Moore 1 1 f\ I O T Y _Circuit of six magnificent Theatres in Illinois, with headquarters at Springfield, writes unsolicited, Feb. 12, 1910, "The first Motiographwe installed two yeas ago is as good as new. We have now in use six Motiographs and can say for your machine that it is second to none. TUAT'C WHY ^e manag'er of the Virginia Theatre of Chicago, ^ ' *J " II !_ writes, Sept. 14, 1909: " Have given Motiograph a thorough try-out to date, eight months, and have found it will stand up to anything required of it, and is as near devoid of flicker as is possible. THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, for one of its departments, after most careful investigations decided that the riotiograph is THE BEST MOTION PICTURE MACHINE We have a Whole Book full of the good things that are said by enthusistic users of the Motiograph. Write us and we'll send you the book, our catalogue, and tell you who in your locality is selling the Motiograph. ENTERPRISE OPTICAL MFG. CO. 564 and 572 W. Randolph Street CHICAGO, ILL. J. H. HALLBERC, New York Agent ND All copy must be in hand on Wednesday to appear in • D« that week's issue. Advertisers please bear this in mind.