Moving Picture World (Sep 1917)

Page scan 000820 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 #:
000820
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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1954 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 29, 1917 CHRISTIE COM EDI El One year of unqualified success NOT ONLY FOR THESE HIGH CLASS PRODUCTIONS, BUT FOR OPEN MARKET BOOHING THROUGH INDEPENDENT EXCHANGES THE YEAR CREATES *rsi BOOK THRU THESE INDEPENDENT EXCHANGES SAN FRANCISCO Peerless Film Exchange 100 Golden Gate Northern California and Nevada LOS ANGELES, CAL. Peerless Film Exchange 802 So. Olive St Southern California and Arizona. MINNEAPOLIS The Film Library and Exchange 731 Hennepin Ave. Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota PHILADELPHIA Peerless Film Exchange 940 Penn. Ave. Hastem Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columhia and Virginia NEW YORK CITY Reiban Film Co. 729 Seventh Ave. Greater New York and Northern New Jersey CHICAGO Celebrated Players Film Service 207 So. Wabash Ave. Illinois and Indiana CLEVELAND Standard Film Service Co. Columbia Bldg. Northern Ohio CINCINNATI Standard Film Service S. Ohio and Kentucky DETROIT Standard Film Service Michigan OKLAHOMA CITY R. D. Lewi. Film Co. 1004 Campbell Bldg. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas PITTSBUR0 Liberty Film Renting Co. 940 Penn Ave. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia KANSAS CITY Standard Film Corporation 1305 Walnut St. Missouri and Kansas OMAHA Standard Film Corporation Nebraska and Iowa BIRMINGHAM Queen Feature Film Co. North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Florida TORONTO Famous Players Film Service 12 Queen St. East Dominion of Canada SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Co-operative Film Exchange Australia WELLIN0T0N Co-operative Film Exchange New Zealand BUFFALO J. H. Michael Academy Theatre Northern New York State CHRISTIE FILM CO. LOS ANGELES