Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1909)

Page scan 000792 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Jun 1909
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jan-Jun 1909)
Leaf #:
000792
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:
May 30, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD TEMPORARY OFFICERS WM. H. SWANSON, Chairman A. F. POWERS, Secretary EUGENE CLINE, Treasurer Independent Film Renters' Protective Association Temporary Offices Room 204— 59 Dearborn Street Mr. Exhibitor: You will receive a letter directed to you by a firm of New York lawyers representing the Motion Picture Patents Co., commonly known as the Trust, suggesting that you are liable to become a party to an infringement Action and Injunction Proceedings. Our inference is that they are in desperation endeavoring to force you into patronizing the so-called Film Trust and fearing that any of the exhibitors using Independent film or prospective users of Independent film are liable to be intimidated by-such tactics, we have organized a NATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION and have retained the services of the best legal talent available. The object of this Association is not only to defend and to protect all of its members, but likewise extend its good offices and legal services without charge to any user of Independent film patronizing its members. We are confident that a concerted action at this time will call this latest bluff of the so-called Film Trust and put a stop to its harassing methods. We will not only be able to protect the interests of members and exhibitors using Independent film, but we invite definite action against us or any of our members by the Trust. This is to be a National body and we invite the legitimate Independent Film Exchanges to become members. A call for a National Convention will be issued in the near future. Whether you decide to become a member or to act independently of it, our Secretary will, at all times, be pleased to furnish exchanges and moving picture exhibitors with any information they may desire in connection with this movement. We request the Independent Exhibitors who may be annoyed in any manner by the Trust representatives to get in connection immediately with our Temporary Secretary providing him with full details. Stand pat— don't be bluffed by tbe Trust The Laemmle Film Service The 20th Century Optiscope Co. Madison Film Exchange Royal Film Service Columbia Film Exchange Wm. H. Swanson (El Co. Eugene Cline Globe Film Service U. S. Film Exchange Unique Film Co. Address all Communications to A. F. Powers, Temporary Secretary ar