Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1911)

Page scan 000612 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 #:
000612
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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596 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD LIFE PORTRAYALS a The General's Daughter Monday, August 28 M The General, in his country's service in the Soudan, is captured in a terrible battle with the "Mad Mahdi." In defense of his daughter he fights the howling Dervishes and rabid fanatics until they are rescued by the Highlanders, who put them to rout. "/THE WRONG PATIENT" "QUEER FOLKS'' Tuesday, August 29 These are both on the same reel and in the same class of ;. irresistible provokers of broad smiles and contagious laughs. "THE THREE BROTHERS" Wednesday, August 30 In search of gold, they brave the hardships of Alaska, come near perishing in the cold and snows, return home to cheer their old mother's declining years. It is filled with a motive that holds us in a thrill of interest. Friday, September 1 "THE THUMB PRINT" An impressive Drama, strong in plot, absorbingly grasping throughout. In the court scene, where the thumb-mark expert proves a woman innocent, it reaches a climax of breathless excitement. " THE PRINCE AND THE PUMPS " Saturday, September 2 A modern "Prince Charming" steals a girl's slipper and wins her hand through her foot. See how he does it in this refined comedy. "w ""■■■5 IVt A Wt.h.l' =P Next Week '^4U ■■< ^ Ml Next Week "JEALOUSY." — Classically Dramatic Monday, September 4th. "A FRIENDLY MARRIAGE." — "Matrimony a la mode" Tuesday, September 5th. "THE WILLOW TREE." — Near tragedy with happy ending Wednesday, September 6th. "CHERRY BLOSSOMS."— Love's recall :..... Friday, September 8th. "JIMMIE'S JOB." — A comical diary of a real boy .... .Saturday, September 9th. <p The Vitagraph Company of America NEW YORK, 116 Nassau St CHICAGO, 109 Randolph St PARIS, IS Rue Salnte-Cecll LONDON, 25 Cecil Court #