Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1911)

Page scan 000610 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul-Sep 1911
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1911)
Leaf #:
000610
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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594 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 'Romeo and Juliet" IN 2 REELS— EACH TELLING A COMPLETE STORY Releasing On Consecutive Fridays PART ONE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 1 PART TWO, FRIDAY, SEPT. 8 MAY BE BOOKED TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY T HANHOUSER WO-A-WEEK Released Tuesday, Sept. 5 Proving That Kindness Pays Count Ivan and the Waitress An old musician, discharged from a theatre orchestra by a brutal leader whose enmity he had incurred, enters a cheap restaurant, eats, and pays for his food. But the payment is in 'bad " money, which an unscrupulous pawnbroker passed on him. Result: Restaurant man calls a policeman. But a pretty little waitress changed the black comple*ion of things a bit ; and then a stray newspaper item throws full light into the darkness. And in the light the waitress-with-a-heart shone resplendent, thanks to the musician who remembered. No. 243 Code Word, Coss. Released Friday, Sept. 8 PART TWO f^LZ I*** A ■ ttH %?fS&&iR£-i&*i ^^^^^^^m «*5^l *^ • -*'** &P 4 M ^■MV/^^H 4< s ¥ ■ »*T Hjjy " ^^^HCjS K5B 1 Vault Scene from "Romeo and Juliet' By William Shakespeare Each part is so constructed that it tells a complete story on its own account. Giving a halfhour's show as the two parts do when used together, they will enable exhibitors to give a "Romeo and Juliet Night" that affords all manners of opportunity for feature advertising. Many managers will use them as they appear, for the first showing, and book them together for the return date. As the depiction of "the greatest love story of all," and a classic of the highest type, the subject is one that you can make your theater remembered by. No. 244 Code Word, Juliet. Thanhouser Company NEW ROCHELLE NEW YORK SALES COMPANY AGENTS FOR U. S. AND CANADA ADVANCE NOTICE Release Tuesday, September 12th THE BUDDHIST PRIESTESS Release Friday, September 15th IN THE CHORUS