Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1911)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul-Sep 1911
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1911)
Leaf #:
000241
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:
July 25, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 227 HAS ANY MAKER REACHED SUCH A HIGH DEGREE OF POPULARITY AND PERFECTION OF PRODUCT AS THAT NOW CONCEDED TO THE HOUSE OF SELIG THE DEMAND FOR SELIG FILMS HAS JUMPED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS— THE PUBLIC ARE THIRSTY FOR THEM— EXHIBITORS EVERYWHERE ARE YELLING FOR THEM— THERE'S A REASON! ANOTHER TRIO OF SELIG SURE FIRE WINNERS THE KNIGHT ERRANT July 31st A Graphic and Picturesque Drama of the Crusader Period — Code word, "AX". CAUGHT IN THE ACT On same reel A Delightful Comedy Satire on producing a Motion Picture — Code word, "ALLUNINOR"— Combined length, appro. 1000 feet. Saved by the Pony Express August 1st A Western — Showing some of the most daring feats of horsemanship ever caught by the camera. Length about 1000 feet. Code word, "ALMANDINE". THE OLD CAPTAIN August 3rd A Tale of the Sea that will grip from the first foot till the last and it's memory will never fade. Length about 1000 feet. Code word, "ALTH". A GOOD TALE BEARS TELLING TWICE P A PT K A TF— or The Anima! V^rtl * • IVr\ 1 £j Trader's Daughter Was RELEASED JULY 13th. As we had predicted, it is acknowledged to be the g^^^* greatest film of the year. ANOTHER ^^^T4^ fc^SELIG TRIUMPH Selig Polyscope Co. ^^^5~J5»^^ Send your name for our 20 East Randolph Street ^*9^ mailing list— CHICAGO, U. S. A. 12 Gerrard Street, London, Eng. Bulletins sent free