Moving Picture World (Sep 1917)

Page scan 000912 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 #:
000912
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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2040 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 29, 1917 Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending September 29 and October 6 For Extended Table of Current Releases See Pages 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058.) inversal Film Mfg. Company Mutual Film Corporation RELEASES FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24. GOLD SEAL — The Master Spy (An Episode of The Perils of The Secret Service) (Three Parts — Drama) NESTOR — Taking Their Medicine (Comedy) L-KO — Soapsuds and Sirens (Two-Reel Comedy) .... UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY — Weekly No. 91 (Topical) STAR FEATURETTE — A Romany Rose (Two-Reel Drama) JOKER— Marble Heads (Comedy) VICTOR — Your Boy and Mine (Comedy) UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE— Issue No. 38 (Topical) UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS— Issue No. 20 (Education) JOKER — The Fountain of Trouble (Comedy) BISON — The Dynamite Special (Two Parts — Dr.) . . UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — "The Gray Ghost" (Episode No. 13) — "The Tightening Snare" (Two Parts — Drama) 0 RELEASES FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 1. GOLD SEAL — The Storm Woman (Three Parts — Drama) NESTOR — Pete The Prowler ,(Comedy) L-KO — Counting Out the Count (Comedy) UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY — Weekly No. 92 (Topical) STAR FEATURETTE — A Prairie Romeo (Two Parts — Comedy-Drama) JOKER — Her Naughty Choice (Comedy) VICTOR — Kicked in the Kitchen (Comedy) UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue No. 39 (Educational) UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS — Insue No. 21 (Topical) JOKER — The Masked Marvels (Comedy) BISON — The Lion's Lair (Two Parts — Drama) UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — Th« Gray Ghost (Episode No. 14, At Bay) (Two Parts — Drama) 02693 02694 02695 02696 02697 02698 02699 02701 02700 02702 02703 02704 02706 02707 02708 02709 02710 02711 02712 02713 02714 02715 02716 02717 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1917. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— The Runaway (Frohman — Six Parts — Drama) 05770-71-72-73-74-75 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— Sands of Sacrifice (American — Five Parts — Drama) 05776-77-78-79-80 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 143 (Topical) 05781 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917. CUB — Jerry's Big Deal (Comedy) 05782 GAUMONT— Reel Life No. 74 (Subjects on Reel: The Soldiers' Staff of Life; The Correct Time — as Determined by the U. S. Naval Observatory; Beans and Lady Bugs; The Lamprey — A Blood-Sucking Fish; Making Eyeglasses — So Easy (An Animated Drawing from "Life"). MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1917. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— Her Country's Call (American — Five Parts — Drama) 05788-89-90-91-92 MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— Queen X (Goodrich — Five Parts — Drama) 05793-94-95-96-97 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1917. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 144 (Topical) 05798 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1917. CUB — Jerry in Yodel Land (Comedy) 05799 GAUMONT— Reel Life No. 75 (Subjects on Reel: Dogs of War; The Sign of a City; Making Army Rifles; Japanese Dwarf Plants; Animated Drawings from "Life" — Who Hesitates Is Lost; The Chorus Girl). MUTUAL SERIAL — The Lost Express (Episode No. 3 — "The Wreck at the Crossing" — Two Parts — Drama) 05801-02 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 publi cations in the moving picture field can use to best advantage in his business. Since this is true, the bound volumes of THE MOVING 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, 1914, 1915 and 1916. Four volumes each year. Shipped as per your instructions at $1.50 per volume — transportation charge! 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 CHALMERS PUBLISHING CO., 1 7 Madison Ave., New York City