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 #:
000276
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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260 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD THE DOERS ARE THE MONEY MAKERS AND CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY WIDE AWAKE EXHIBITORS Look over this list of DOERS in the Independent Film Exchange Business, every one of whom is a Business Builder. See if your Exchange is a DOER. LIST OF BUYING EXCHANGES CANADA. Applegath, L. J. & Sons, 145 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont. Canadian Film Exchange, Calgary, Alberta. Qanmont Co., 154 St. Catherine St., Montreal, Can. Gt. Western Film Co., 613 Ashdown Block, Winnipeg, Man. Canadian Amusement Co., care of Western F. Ex., Savoy Theater Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. CALIFORNIA. California Film Ex., 1065 Mission St., San Francisco. Miles Bros., 790 Turk St., San Francisco. Miles Bros., 411 West 8th St., Los Angeles. California Film Exchange, 514 So. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. COLORADO. Co-operative Ind. Film Co., Barclay Block, Denver. W. H. Swanson Film Ex., 301 Railroad Bldg., Denver. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington Film Ex., 428 9th St., N. W. GEORGIA. Consolidated Film Ex., Rhodes Bldg., Atlanta. ILLINOIS. Anti Trust Film Co., 128 W. Lake St., Chicago. Globe Film Service, 208 Fifth Ave., Chicago. H. & H. Film Exchange, 98 Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Laemmle Film Service, 196 Lake St., Chicago. Standard Film Exchange, 159 E. Washington St., Chicago. INDIANA. Central Film Service, 119 North 111. St., Indianapolis, Ind. IOWA. Laemmle Film Service, Suite 2 and 3, 515 Mulberry St., Des Moines. KANSAS. Wichita Film & Supply Co., 122 N. Market St., Wichita. LOUISIANA. Dixie Film Co., 720 Maison Blanche Bldg., New Orleans. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Film Rental Co., 665 Washington St., Boston. W. E. Green Film Exchange, 228 Tremont St., Boston. MARYLAND. Baltimore Film Ex., 610 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. MINNESOTA. Laemmle Film Service, 256 Hennipen St., Minneapolis. MICHIGAN. Michigan Film & Supply Co., 1106 Union Trust Bldg., Detroit. Cadillac Film Ex., 92 Griswold St.. Detroit. MISSOURI. » J. W. Morgan, 1310 Walnut St., Kansas City. Swanson Crawford Film Co., Century Bldg., St. Louts. Western Film Exchange, 15 W. 10th St., Kansas City. NEBRASKA. Laemmle Film Service, 1517 Farham St., Omaha. NEW YORK. Rex Film Exchange, 418 Broadway, Albany. Victor Film Service, 39 Church St., Buffalo. NEW YORK CITY. Empire Film Exchange, 150 E. Fourteenth St. Great Eastern Film Exchange, 21 E. Fourteenth St. Peerless Film Exchange, 5 East Fourteenth St. Metropolitan Film Exchange. 110 Fourth St. Western Film Exchange, 145 West 45th St. OHIO. Buckeye Lake Shore Film Co., 422 N. High St., Columbus. Cincinnati Buckeye Film Co., 315 W. 4th St., Cincinnati. Lake Shore Film & Supply Co., 106 Prospect Ave., S. E., Cleveland. Toledo Film Service, 120 Erie St., Toledo. Victor Film Service, Prospect & Huron Sts., Cleveland. OREGON. Independent W. F. Ex., 84 7th St., Portland. OKLAHOMA. United Motion Picture Co., 112 Main St., Oklahoma City. PENNSYLVANIA. Eagle Film Exchange, 23 North 9th St., Philadelphia. Exhibitors' Film Service Co., 49 So. Penn Ave., Wilkesbarre. Philadelphia Film Exchange, 934 Arch St., Philadelphia. Philadelphia Projection Co., 34 No. 9th St., Philadelphia. Swaab Film Service Co., 129 No. 8th St., Philadelphia. Independent Film Exchange, 415 Ferry St., Pittsburg. Pittsburg Photoplay Co., 412 Ferry St., Pittsburg. TEXAS. Texas Film Exchange, 1315% Elm St., Dallas. Consolidated Amusement Co., Bill Sol. Theater Bldg., Houston. UTAH. Co-Operative Ind. Film Co., 320 Atlas Block, Salt Lake City. WASHINGTON. Pacific Film Exchange, Globe Bldg., Seattle. Western Film Exchange, 807 Third Ave., Seattle. WISCONSIN. Western Film Exchange, 307 Enterprise Bldg., Milwaukee. MONEY DOESN'T "MAKE" ITSELF IT HAS TO BE MADE And the necessary ingredients for making money in the Moving Picture Business may all be summed up IN TWO WORDS QUALITY AND SERVICE The Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Co., with the following Weekly Program: Monday — Imp, Yankee, Eclair, Champion, American. Tuesday — Bison, Powers, Thanhouser. Wednesday— Relionce, Nestor, Ambrosio, Champion, Solax. Thursday — Rex, Itala, American, Imp. Friday— Yankee, Thanhouser, Lux, Solax, Bison. Saturday — Powers, Reliance, Great Northern, Itala, Nestor. Gives you QUALITY unequaled, and your Exchangeman if he is a Doer will give you THE SERVICE NOW IS THE TIME TO DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE Every day spent in your present drudgery makes it harder for you to get out of the rut of a poor service. Why not show M. P. D. & S. Co.'s pictures in your theatre, and thus build up a profitable business where you are master of your own theatre, and reap the rewards sure to follow? Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Co. 1 1 1 East 14th Street. New York City