Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1910)

Page scan 000287 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
July-Dec 1910
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1910)
Leaf #:
000287
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 LIFE or DEATH LISTEN TO REASON. Why every free-loving American Citizen engaged in the business of exhibiting moving pictures should take Independent service: Every week that you do not, your two dollars are swelling a gigantic fund that has already begun to buy up exchanges. It Is Your Money ! ! ! When they have bought all the exchanges they want, they will begin to buy theatres. Also— With Your Money!!! Don't think for a moment that you, Mr. Small Exhibitor, are going to get a fine offer for your theatre because the Trust wants it. They don't. They figure that by getting control of the big houses in your locality they can just crush you out of existence. And they would do it by usin< Your Own Money if you keep on taking their service. A little more than a year ago you couldn't help yourself, BUT NOW you can put your fingers to your nose and exercise your just prerogative. THE INDEPENDENT SIDITO-DAY SPELLS REAL INDEPENDENCE FOR YOU, with a program of the highest quality and with preparations going on for the production of pictures that will rival any brands now on the market. But a stronger argument for you is the prevalence of a spirit of "pulltogether" and co-operation — every man standing ready to help the other. Not Monoply — Prosperity ! Are you going to give up your two dollars Next Week? SHOW YOUR BACKBONE— GO INDEPENDENT List of BUYING EXCHANGlS, July 6th, IQIO Acme Film Exchange, TG Second St.. San Francisco. Cal. Anti-Trust Film Co., 79 So. Clark St., Chicago, 111. Albany Film Exchange, 418 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. L. J. Applegath & Sons, 145 Yonge St.. Toronto, Ont. Allen Amusement Company, Calgary. Alberta, Can. B. & W. Film Exchange, 412 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. Buckeye Film & Froj. Co., 309 Arcade ISldg., Dayton, Ohio. Boston Film Rental Co., 132 Boylston St., Boston. Mass. Bijou Film & Amusement Co., 1222 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. ange, Sail Lake City, Utah. Cincinnati Film Exchange, 315 West 4th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Consolidated Amusement Co.. 28 West Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. Eugene Cline, 59 Dearborn St.. Chicago. 111. Exhibitors' Film Exchange, 138 Third Ave., New York City. l>ixie Film Co., 720 Malson Blanche Bldg., New Orleans, La. Eagle Film Exchange. 143 North Bth St., Philadelphia. Pa. Empire Film Exchange, 150 East 14th St., New York City. W. E. Greene Film Exchange. 228 Tremont Ave., Boston, Mass. Globe Film Service, 1073 East Madison St.. Chicago, 111. Gaumont Company, 154 St. Catherine St.. Montreal, Que. Great Eastern Film Exchange, 21 East 14th St., New York City. Great Western Film Co., Winnipeg. Manitoba, Can. Hudson Film Company. 138 East 14th St., New York City. Independent Film Exchange, 415 Ferry St.. Pittsburg, Pa. Independent Western Film Exchange. Shetland Bldg., Portland, Ore. Kinetograph Company (for Canada), 41 East 21st St., New York City. Laemmle Film Service, 19G Lake St., Chicago, 111. Laemmle Film Service, 25(i Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Laemmle Film Service, 1517 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Laemmle Film Service Alliance, Pantages Bldg., Portland, Ore. Michigan Film & Supply Co.. 1106 Union Trust Bldg., Detroit, Mich. J. W. Morgan, 1230 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Miles Brothers. 790 Turk St., San Francisco, Cal. Philadelphia Film ft Projection Co.. 44 North 9th St., Philadelphia, r». Philadelphia Film Exchange, 934 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. PaciBc Film Exchange, Globe BUI::.. Seattle. Wash. Pacific States Film Exchange, 10G5 Mission St., Sin Francisco, Cal. Pacific States Film Exchange, 323 Lissner Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Paramount Film Exchange, CI West 14tb St., New York City. Peerless Film Exchange, 94 Fifth Ave.. New York City. Wm. Steiner Film Exchange, 110 Fourth Ave.. New York City. W. H. Swanson St. Louis Film Co., 200 North 7th St.. St. Louis, M». Southern Film Exchange, 17 Opera Place, Cincinnati, Ohio. W. II. Swanson & Co., 160 Lake St.. Chicago, 111. Texas Film Exchange, 311 Elm St.. Dallas, Tex. Toledo Film Exchange, Toledo, Ohio. t'nited Motion Picture Company, 112 Main St.. Oklahoma City, Okla. Victor Film Service, Seneca and Pearl Sts., Buffalo, N. Y. Victor Film Service, Prospect and Huron Sts., Cleveland, Ohio. Wagner Film & Amusement Co.. 20S North 9th St., St. louls. Mo. Western Film Company, 24G South Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTING AND SALES CO. Ill EAST 14th STREET NEW YORK