Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1911)

Page scan 000618 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 #:
000618
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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6o2 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD WARNING^EXHIBITORS For your protection be advised that we have had information from numerous exhibitors that they have been imposed upon by salesmen offering curtains, claiming to be selling "Sunlight" screens. We have no traveling salesmen. "Sunlight" is a copyrighted word which we will protect to the fullest extent. We are advised that these salesmen have referred to our ad in the Moving Picture World, claiming their screens were our "Sunlight" screens and curtains. Give us any information that you can that will enable us to stop this imposition. "Sunlight" MetallicClothCurtainCo. GENERAL OFFICES-iioi FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO INQUIRE ! "THE RED DEVILS" Free Sheet Music SEPT. 13th, 1911 SIDNEY DREW Author Sold through Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company "GRANT AND LINCOLN" Champion Release for Monday, Sept. 4, 1911 These two great leaders figure prominently in an episode of the period of 1865. The film has a stirring act in every scene. "WHEN THE LAW CAME" Champion Release for Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1911 A little baby girl is the indirect means of saving a brave cowboy from the penalty of a crime of which he is innocent. The Western atmosphere is endless. "CHARLEY'S BUTTE" Champion Release for Monday, Sept. 11, 1911 A negro servant dauntlessly withstands an attack by Indians in order to save his master's little girl. His life is the sacrifice. CHAMPION FILM CO. MARK M. DINTENFASS, Gen. Mgr. 12 East 15th Street, New York City