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 #:
000925
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 907 TRADE) MARK EDISON FILMS TRADE MARK Tuesday, September 26th 1911 Mary's Masquerade CAST. Mary Mabel Trunnelle Her Uncle Harold M. Shaw Her Aunt Miriam Nesbitt The Young Man at the Dinner Party Sydney Booth Light comedy, showing how Mary, a schoolgirl, posed as a society woman in order to prevent haying thirteen at the dinner table. The consequences were a little unexpected. Wednesday, September 27th, 1911 A Cure lor Crime CAST, Dr. John Morgan, a Distinguished Surgeon Charles Ogle His Friend Robert Brower The Vagrant Edward O'Connor Dr. Morgan's Little Boy Yale Boss This is a comedy showing the power of mental suggestion. A vagrant becomes good because he is made to believe that it is Impossible for him to do wrong. An unusual plot. Saturday, September 30th, 1911 Maiden oi the Piefaced Indians (On reel with "Turning the Tables.") CAST. The Maiden Rolinda Bain bridge A Cowboy Hero John E, Cumpson 4. Villainous Mexican Charles M. Seay The Indian Chief Robert Brower A Western burlesque, showing all the familiar types in ridiculous situations. Full of laughs from start to finish. • THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc. SCENE FROM THE DEATH OF NATHAN HALE Friday, September 29th, 1911 The Death oi Nathan Hale (United States History Series, No. 5.) CAST. Nathan Hale Harold M. Shaw Dalton, a British Soldier Marc McDermott Nathan Hale's Affianced Marie Tener George Washington Charles Ogle Israel Putnam Robert Brower Telling the story of the Battle of Long Island, with Washington's masterly retreat, and Nathan Hale's attempt to do his country a service, resulting in his execution as a spy. At the close the scene dissolves into the statue of Nathan Hale in City Hail Park, New York City. Saturday, September 30th, 1911 Turning the Tables (On reel with "Maiden of the Fiefaced Indians.") CAST. A Henpecked Husband Edward Boulden His Wife Lorette Wells His Sailor Friend George Nichols A Policeman Edward O'Connor Broad comedy, telling how a henpecked husband turned the tables on bis wife by making her believe that her first husband had come back. 72 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J. THE WISE EXHIBITOR BELIEVES IN GOOD ADVERTISING and from the number of orders that have come in from all parts of the country there seems to be plenty of wise ones. Every mail brings a great many orders which go to swell the list of live exhibitors, and from present indications this system seems bound to become THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEM We sell you the frame for ten dollars and furnish you with a poster for each and every film released. Each poster consists of a halftone cut showing an actual scene taken from the film, together with the name of the subject and a complete synopsis of the story. The posters are printed on one hundred pound enameled paper and are lithographed in from three to six colors. For this high-class poster service we make a charge of ONLY -TWO DOLLARS PER WEEK Exhibitors Advertising Company Suite 6C4-605-6G6, 117 North DearbornlSt., Chicago, III. NEW YORKf ADDRESS Room 815, 145 West 45th Street, New York