Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1912)

Page scan 000613 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul-Sep 1912
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1912)
Leaf #:
000613
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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:
May 30, 2024
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 611 Bsa REGULAR TWO AND MORE REEL -Through the1 FEATURES Mutual Film Corporation JULY TO AUGUST NOTE— SEPTEMBER FEATURES will include the "Bison 101," "Bison Broncho" and "Keystone" makes Gaumont's WRITTENIN BLOOD. Released Thursday, July 4, The film that set Europe raving. Seething and surging with the tempestuous spirit of fiery revolution, imprisonment, revenge and terror. Reliance's RIP VAN WINKLE. Released Saturday, July 6, Washington Irving's fiction classic. The tale of the Catskills that is dear to the hearts of the whole American people. Thanhouser's UNDER TWO FLAGS. Released Sunday, July T, The ORIGINAL film presentation of Ouida's great play. The only picture with the spectacular race track scenes and other details mentioned in the original story. Solax's FRA DIAVOLO. Released Friday, July 12, The $25,000 production of Auber's classic opera. Issued with the musical accompaniment that makes an evening's entertainment. American's THE FALL OF BLACKHAWK. Released in July, The patriotic picture that portrays Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott and the great Indian chief Blackhawk, all at once. Stirring Indian fighting and history that instructs all found in this one subject. Thanhouser's MERCHANT OF VENICE. Released Friday. July 26, A presentation of one of the best known of Shakespeare's plays by the best Shakespearean film maker. Gaumont's THE PRISON ON THE CLIFF. Released Tuesday, July 30, Another world-beater that was first tried out in Europe and set the entire foreign cinematographic press talking — has startled every American audience to whom it has been shown. Great Northern's THE KING'S POWER. Released Saturday, Aug. 15, A spectacular story of royalty, enacted by the complete company of Copenhagen stars, who are at their very best in the atmosphere of the throne room. American's THE BATTLE GROUND. Released Monday, Aug. 12, Declared to be a second "Camille." A problem play extraordinary, that for genuine heart-interest and pathos has few equals. Gaumont's THEIR LIVES FOR GOLD. Released Thursday, Aug. 15, The biggest sensation of the season, barring none. Even more exciting than the same producer's sensational "Attacked by a Lion." Solax's THE EQUINE SPY. Released Friday, Aug. 23, . Featuring DON. THE $10,000 HORSE that does everything but talk. The most intelligent equine in the world, featured in a massive military subject. Thanhouser's LUCILE. Released Tuesday. Aug. 27, The de luxe adaptation of the deathless poem by OWEN MEREDITH. Produced by an all favorites cast. Obtainable at all MUTUAL OFFICES ATLANTA, GA Mutual Film Corp., 81 Marietta St. BOSTON, MASS Mutual Film Corp., 32 Boylston St. CHICAGO, ILL Majestic Film Service Co., 216 N. 5th Ave. CHICAGO, ILL H. & H. Film Service Co.. 363 Monadnock Bldg. CLEVELAND, O Lake Shore Film & Supply Co., 106 Prospect Ave. COLUMBUS, O Buckeye Lake Shore Film Co., 422 N. High St. DALLAS. TEXAS Mutual Film Corp., 1509y2 Main St. DETROIT, MICH Mutual Film Corporation, 97 Woodward Ave. DES MOINES, I A H. & H. Film Serv. Co., Cor. 4th and Locust Sts. INDIANAPOLIS, IND Mutual Film Corporation, 217 N. Illinois St. KANSAS CITY, MO Western Film Exchange. 214 East 12th St. MILWAUKEE. WIS Western Film Exchange, 307 Enterprise Bldg. MEMPHIS, TENN Mutual Film Corporation. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN Mutual Film Corporation. NEW ORLEANS, LA Mutual Film Corp., Maison Blanch. Bldg. NEW YORK CITY. .Western Film Exchange, 145 West 45th St. Empire Film Exchange, 150 East 14th St. .Great Eastern Film Company, 21 East 14th St. Metropolitan Film Exchange. 122 University PI. N. Y. City Peerless Film Exchange, 5 E. 14th St. OMAHA, NEB Progressive Film Exchange, 1417 Farnham St. PHILADELPHIA. PA Continental Film Exchange, 902 Filbert St. SEATTLE, WASH Through A. H. M'acDonald. SIOUX FALLS, S. D Mutual Film Corporation, Emerson. Bid;;. TOLEDO, O Superior Film Supply c o. WASHINGTON, D. C Mutual Film Corp., 42S 0th St., N. W. If there is no Mutual Office in your territory, and you would like to see one established there, drop a line to 'HE CZ UCCESS "ERVICE" THE ^ MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION Thanhouser American Comet Gaumont Reliance Lux Solax Great Northern Majestic Gaumont Weekly -ANT>Bison Broncho General Offices: 60 Wall Street, New York City