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 #:
000243
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 229 Lectures for Feature Films The Moving Picture World has prepared for the special benefit of the exhibitors of feature films a pamphlet, "HOW TO PUT ON JERUSALEM DELIVERED." This pamphlet contains : A synopsis of the story; a complete set of suitable press notices ; a complete lecture (written by W. Stephen Bush) ; suggestions as to musical program and effects. Price of booklet One Dollar. SECOND EDITION of "Hoiv to Put on the Passion Play," by W. Stephen Bush, now ready for distribution. Price One Dollar per copy. The value of this book is well known throughout the moving picture field and has been enlarged in the second edition. "Key and Complete Lecture for Dante's Inferno." Indispensable to every exhibitor who wishes to use the film of the Milano Films Company. Contains press notices of suitable and various sizes, a synopsis of the story, a special key for distribution among the audience and a most complete and exhaustive lecture by W. Stephen Bush, running evenly and smoothly with the action on the screen. Price $2.50. MOVING PICTURE WORLD 125 East 23rd St. N. Y. City Operators! "I guarantee quick and satisfactory repair work on all machines.}; Only genuine parts supplied. Get my prices on ONE DROP OIL[ and BULL DOG CEMENT the best articles of their kind on' the market H. A. MACKIE 853 Broadway, Cor. 14th Street New York 'Phon* ■ 2478 St uy ve.ant FOR SALE — Moving picture theater, Waukesha, $600, $300 down; $20 month rent, 10,000 population; big list of films, $5 per reel; Edison, Powers, Lubin used machines, $50; new, $100; Passion Play, $75; new Model B. gas outfits, $20; plush opera chairs, $2.50; song sets, $1; light reducers, $15. For Rent — Late Patents Co. & Independent films, $1 per week. H. Davis, Watertown, Wis. "LaCinematografia Italiana ed Estera" IS ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOR THE ANIMATED PICTURE PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 3a, 36 and 40 large pages, 8 shillings per annum ($1.60). Editor-prop'r: Prof. GUALTIERO I. FABRI, 71a Cnmlana, 31 (Barriera S. Paolo) Torino, Italy Chairs ALL METAL Chairs We can make immediate shipment of All Metal Chairs, at Ji-oo F. O B. Factory. This Chair will no doubt meet with approval and requirements of Fire Underwriters For Sale, Secondhand One-pin Edison Machine, $105.00. Powers, with fire shutter, |i 15.00; good as new. LIBERTY FILM RENTING GO. 105 Fourth Ave. Pittsburg, Pa. I I HUtt BkJM £ Br ^ t WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2nd On One Reel "MONEY TO BURN" Cast The Tramp William West Identified as a long-lost heir to a large fortune, money handed to him in armfuls, living in the lap of luxury, and then! The sequel is too good to be told. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4th "THE SWITCHMAN'S TOWER" Cast Bill, the Switchman Herbert Prior His Wife Mary Fuller Their little Girl Edna May Weick The Engineer James Gordon A railroad story with a great situation strongly brought out. The switchman is confronted with the awful alternative of having the train run over his own child or of sidetracking it, in 'which case hundreds of lives will be sacrificed. The child is saved at the last moment. INI hVI TUESDAY, AUGUST 1st "CHRISTIAN AND MOOR" Cast The Moorish King James Gordon His Daughter Laura Sawyer Sir Charles, A Christian Knight. Herbert Prior His Moorish Rival Richard Neil A romance between the daughter of a Moorish king and a Christian Knight. The king, in keeping his sacred vows, is about to take his daughter's life when the knight rescues her, having previously converted her to Christianity. Taken in Cuba, the film abounds in beautiful scenery. "THE UNFINISHED LETTER" Cast Robert Brooks, a Lawyer Syndey Booth His Wife Miriam Nesbitt The Janitor William Bechtel The Office Boy Yale Boss It is a dangerous thing to write a letter to another man's sweetheart, even though the other man is the janitor and the sweetheart a dusky maid of large proportions. However, it alV ended in a good laugh. TRADE MARK Do not fail to book release of August 8th, "THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL," U. S. HISTORY SERIES, No. 3 Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 72 LAKESIDE AVENUE ORANGE, N. J., U. S. A. TRADE MARK