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 #:
0001025
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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I THE MOVING PICrURE WORLD ^ MAJESTIC fM.M Has a pL'rk'ct rii;hi to i-xpcct iiiuiualificd siipixjit Iroiii cmt^ buying exchange in the country. It entered the Independent market inider the most tr\'in.n conditions any manutacturer was e\er called upon t(i faci — conditions which almost precluded the possibilitN' of profit. It has made three releases with a reasonable decree of success, and the subsequent releases will prove conclusively to every exchan^^e and exhibitor that THE M.\Jl",S'ri(' is second to none in the Independent m.irket. It is now releasing one subject each week — OXK CiOOI) ONE — and beginninij January 7th will release two-a-week — TWO CiOOD OXKS. It will then concentrate every effort on ONLY twou;ood ones each week. Five First Class Quality Pictures. New and Novel Plots — Perfect Photography -Acting Above Criticism :: :: :: Dec. 17 CHRI.STM AS PICTURE--By .Special Request nyutLrtLi^iUtLiH 1 ^ "Little Red Riding Hood" An apitrojin.itc t^hnstmas pKturr inr ihc chiitirrn — a clever [lorlrayal of the famous Nursery Rhyme — showing "Red Riding _i iq llood' taking "goodies" to her Granny — followed by the ter I T? '»?'i?'i?'i?T?'7?^Tr"i?'i?T?'7?Tr"i?'7?^ ^i?] ribic wolf — reaching dranny's home to find Granny eaten by the wolf — calling of the woodsmen to dispose of the wolf — MAJESTIC •''"'' '^"' aw.ikening of "Red Riding Hood" from her dream. Nov. 26 — The Courting of Mary (Com.) . . . . looo Dec. 3— Love Heeds Not Showers (Com.)..iooo T^c.--. ^A ^'HTKi/i X ^4-ft^fSti** Dec. 10— Keeping Mabel Home (Com.) looo JLieC. ^^ X D.G xYClFeSS Dec. 17 — Little Red Riding Hood (Juvenile) . looo 5"-'•~J['"^ -yVr? iL)""-^vv:--; '°9° A strong emotional story, showing M.\BEL TRUNNELLE n'^'~},-^, \--\f '''•fam ,((oni.) 385 as the actress, whose duty calls her to portray a light-hearted V**^J' — ;^''.' .>»" ^'p'O' Me? (Com.) 615 character on the stage, while at home her child lies at death's Jan. 7— fraining a Husband (Com.) 1000 ,ioor. This film is one of the strongest yet produced and will be a big feature wherever it is shown. A SPLIT COMEDY REEL Dec. 31 "The Caddy^s Dream" 385 feet A farce comedy, showing how it took 20 years for a clever caddy to find the golf ball and the ridiculous situations in which the lovers are placed, while growing from youth to old age. A real, sure laugh and a hearty one. Dec. 31st "Will You Marry Me?" 6»5feet .\nother farce comedy, showing the determination of the young fellow to get married — he proposes to every girl he meets and is finally tricked by the girl ne loves. Jan. 7th "Training A Husband" A cKvir c.uiii.ly rtel — the hus!i.ii,.l doe.. 11. n like his wife's cooking — wants his mother to cook a meal for him. Slic docs, then he says he can cook better than either one of them gets his stenographer to do it for him, then claims credit — is foii:iil out anil then he net> what is coming to him. Two Good Majesties a Week beginning January 7th The Majestic Motion Picture Go. 145 W. 45th ST. NEW YORK CITY Sold through the Sales Co.