Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1911)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1911
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1911)
Leaf #:
000794
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:
January 11, 2024
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788 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD ^^"^ TRADE MARK THE MOTION PICTURE BUSINESS IS THE BUSINESS FOR YOU No other business to-day holds out such certainty of big returns on such small initial investment. But your success depends largely on your first step — the purchase of your machine. Don't buy a cheap machine. Don't let the slight difference in cost between a cheap machine and THE Edison Kinetoscope the best motion picture machine made, stand between you and the success of your show. l^Olt^ With the Edison Kinetoscope, projecting the clearest, steadiest pictures, working constantly day after day, night after night, without annoying pauses and interruptions, you build up the patronage that makes your show a permanently profitable institution. Besides, the Edison will outlast any other motion picture machine. With a cheap machine, projecting poor pictures, you destroy your patronage besides throwing away a good proportion of your profits on repairs — and sooner or later you have to buy a good machine anyway. Buy the best machine first — the Edison Kinetoscope. Write to-day for full particulars and copy of the Edison Kinetogram. I Scenes from 'AN INTERNATIONAL HEART BREAKER" Edison Films TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 2th "BUCKSKIN JACK, THE EARL OF GLENMORE" O&ST. Buckskin Jack Herbert Prior Lady Eleanor Laura Sawyer Lady Jane Mabel Tnumelle Howard Branders, Snitor for Lady Jane's hand James Gordon A Visitor at Glenmore Hichard Neil The Butler Charles Sutton Buckskin Jack, ot Ignaclo, Colorado, discovers that he Is the long missing Earl of Glenmore, and visits his ancestral home, meeting his two charming wards. Played in beautiful scenery, it is a delightful mixture ot comedy and drama. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 3th (On reel with "Eskimos in Labrador.") "AN INTERNATIONAL HEART BREAKER" 0 AST . The Heart Breaker Mary Fuller The American John B.. Cumpson The Englishman Harry West The German Williani Wadsworth The Irishman Edward O'Connor The Hebrew Julian Beed All nations are represented in the suitors for her hand. The different types are clean cut and the fun is fast and furious up to the totally unexpected finish. "ESKIMOS IN LABRADOR" (On reel with "An International Heart Breaker.") Interesting views of these people with their sledges, dogs and boats. A short 81m of great value. FRIDAY, DECEMBER ISth "BROCKTON FAIR AND HORSE SHOW" (Brocton, Massachusetts, October 3rd to 6th, 1911.) A complete tour of the great fair of 1911, showing races, parades, the reception of Governor Foss, horse and dairy cattle show, all beaatlfnlly photographed and highly Interesting. A film all will want to see. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1 6th (On reel with "A Trip from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek.") "STAGE-STRUCK LIZZIE" C AST . Lizzie Alice Washburn Her Employers I ""• <iL ''^ "W^Uj^ma (Mrs. Frances Hulette ..,■ ^ui,j (Yale Boss The Children f^^^ jjay Weick An Actress Elsie McLeod Tlie Stage .Manager Charles M, Seay Lizzie was desperately anxious to get on the stage. She lost several positions because she could not bring her mind down to common things, such as washing dishes or attending to children. Finally slie got a chance and— charity draws a veil ever what happened. '^A Trip from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek" (On reel with "Stage-Struck Lizzie.") \ short scenic picture of wonderful beauty, taking us through the heart of the Rocklae and over the summit. ReUate of Dec. 19th (Great Xma* Picture): "SAIVTA CLAUS and the CLUB MAN" THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc., 72 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J.