Moving Picture World (Sep 1917)

Page scan 000172 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Sep 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Sep 1917)
Leaf #:
000172
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:
May 30, 2024
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1422 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 1, 1917 Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending September 1 and September 8 (For Extended Table of Current Releases See Pages 1438, 1440, 1442, 1444.) Universal Film Mfg. Company Mutual Film Corporation RELEASE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 27. GOLD SEAL— The Winning Pair (Three Parts— Dr.) 026 41 NESTOR— The Night Cap (Comedy) 02642 L-KO — Props, Drops and Flops (Two Parts — Comedy) 02643 UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY— Weekly No. 87 (Topical) 02644 STAR FEATURETTE — Hands in the Dark (Two Parts — Drama), and Old French Towns (Short Scenic) 02645 JOKER— Why They Left Home (Comedy) 02646 VICTOR — Scandal Everywhere (Comedy) 0264 7 UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue No. 34 (Educational) 02648 UNIVERSAL CURRENT NEWS — Issue No. 15 (Topical) 02649 JOKER — Busting Into Society (Comedy) 02650 BISON — Jungle Treachery (Two Parts — Drama).. 02651 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — The Gray Ghost, Episode No. 10 — Title not decided (Two Parts — Dr) 02652 RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3. GOLD SEAL — The Empty Gun (Three Parts — Drama) 02654 NESTOR— Looking 'Em Over (Comedy) 02655 L-KO — Backward Sons and Forward Daughters (Two Parts — Comedy) 02656 UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY — Weekly No. 88 02657 STAR FEATURETTE — A Dream of Egypt (Two Parts — Drama) 02658 JOKER — Officer, Call a Cop (Comedy) 02659 VICTOR — The Curse of a Flirting Heart (Comedy) 02660 UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue No. 35 (Educational) 02661 UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS— Issue No. 16 (Topical) 02662 JOKER — A Gale of Verse (Comedy) 02663 BISON — The Lure of the Circus (Two Parts — Comedy-Drama) 02664 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — The Gray Ghost (Episode No. 11 — Two Parts — Drama) 02665 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1917. MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 139 (Topical) THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917. CUB — Jerry's Eugenic Marriage (Comedy) GAUMONT — Reel Life No. 70 (Subjects on Reel: .Using The Abalone, A Little-Known Industry of the Pacific Coast; A Boy and a Rope; Handling the Mail; Beach Sports of California; "The March of Science" and "What a Bachelor Sees at a Wedding" are animated drawings from "Life".. •5727 06728 05729 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1917. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— Charity Castle (America*— Five parts — Drama). MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— Reputation (Five partsDrama). WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 140 (Topical). THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER «. 1917. CUB — Jerry Tries Again (Comedy). GAUMONT — Reel Life No. 71 (Subjects on reel: A Watering System for a Small Farm; Pets Which Will Never Be Popular; Handling the Mail, Parcel Post, Money Orders, etc.; The Five Senses in Business and Pleasure: A Leaf from Life; "Fresh Advances in the Champagne District"). BOUND VOLUMES OF THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD You Need Them in Your Business ! Each issue of THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD re presents the fruit of studied effort on the part of experts to provide just what the average reader of trade publications in the moving picture field can use to best advantage in his business. Since this is true, the bound volumes of THE MO VI NG PICTURE WORLD, each comprising the complete issues printed during a period of three months, take immediate standing as The Reliable Reference Book of the Trade The Record of Moving Picture History in the Making NOW READY— VOL. 32— APRIL TO JUNE, 1917 WE HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL Bound Volumes for the years 1912, 1913, 1114, 1915 and 1916. Four volumes each year. Shipped as per your instructions at $1.50 per volume — transportation charges additional. INVEST $33.00 and have at your hand for ready reference every issue of THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD which has been printed since January 1, 1912. These issues are in bound volume form, and are invaluable to the wide-awake moving picture man. CHALMERS PUBLISHING CO., 1 7 Madison Ave., New York City