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 #:
000419
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 403 Mr. Exhibitor: T^HE HOT SEASON will shortly be a thing of -* the past and 'ere long you will be facing the problem of service. In the history of this industry nothing else has been offered before comparable with the opportunity presented in the NATIONAL PROGRAMME. A Positive Cure for All Known Ills of the Business You have frequently expressed a desire for a service which you could FEATURE, with which you could go before your public and advertise in the business getting way, founded on business getting quality. Advertisements Shaped to Attract, Yet Not Subject to Attack A Protected Business Asset, An Exclusive Programme of Quality These are facts which should burn their way into position of first magnitude. Shall we tell you more about ourselves ? Our programme consists following Mono Film Co., Paris. Film d'Art, Paris. Acquila Film, Turin, Italy. Savoia Film, Turin, Italy. Helios Film, Rome, Italy. Latium Film, Rome, Italy. Mondia Film, Paris. of the exclusive products of the manufacturers : Comerio Film, Milan, Italy. Deutsches Mutoscope and Biograph Film, Berlin. Meesters Film, Blerlin. Deutsches Bioscope, Berlin. Cricks & Martin, London. Clarendon Films, London. Hepworth Film, London. The following American Manufacturers : Plantation Film Co., Florida. Mohawk Film Co., South Dakota. Rose Manufacturing Company, Indiana. Oklahoma Producing Company, Oklahoma. Federal Film Co., Mass. California Picture Play, Cal. Washington Film Co., Washington. Our programme is now complete. We are ready to show the goods, quality and exclusive service. We have been holding exchange rights in several states for the strength of our programme to show itself we are now ready to close this territory w.th responsible Exchange men. NATIONAL FILM DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 34-36 West Houston Street, New York City, U. S. A.