Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

Page scan 000223 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Sep 1916
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)
Leaf #:
000223
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:
August 01, 2024
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September 9, 1916 Till-. MOVING IMCTUKK WORLD 1651 Aug ' ' . Mr. Har r an, .' Seventh Ave. , New York City. My dear Mr. Grossman: I am this day in receipt of your letter relative to my drawing cartoons about to be produced ■ under the name of the ' 'Katzen jammer Kids.'1 In this connection I wish to state that the only cartoons that I am interested in are those being produced by your company under the name of • 'Hans & Fritz. * ' As you know, I am the originator of the Katzen jammer Kids. But everything emanating from my pen in this line bears the title of ' 'Hans & Fritz. ' ' Trusting this answers your requirements, I am, Yours very truly, HANS and FRITZ COMEDIES IN ANIMATED CARTOONS Ready for Release-^Monday, Sept 4, 1916 A WEEKLY RELEASE— EVERY FOOT A LAUGH Booked Through the Following Exchanges: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island — PHOENIX FILM CORPORATION, 131 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. New York City, Northern New Jersey — MUTT & JEFF FILM EXCHANGE, 72S Seventh Ave., New York City. Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Southern New Jersey, Virginia— ANIMATED CARTOON EXCHANGE, 1339 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. New York State, exclusive of Greater New York— ROGSON FILM CO., 15 W. Swan St., Buffalo, N. Y. Missouri, Kansas— ASSOCIATED FILM SERVICE, 319 Gloyd Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Iowa, Nebraska— MUTT & JEFF FILM DISTRIBUTORS, Fremont, Nebraska. Texas— SOUTHERN CABIRIA CO., Dallas, Texas. Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana — REELPLAY FEATURE CO., 1019 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, Washington. Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky— STANDARD FILM SERVICE, 216 Columbia Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. STANDARD FILM SERVICE, Detroit, Michigan. STANDARD FILM SERVICE, Cincinnati, Ohio. Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia — LIBERTY FILM RENTING CO., 938 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin— CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO., 207 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. Australia -AUSTRALASIAN FILMS, Sydney, Australia. (American Representatives, 729 Seventh Ave., N. Y. C.) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota — PEERLESS FILM CO., 18 North 4th St., Minneapolis, Minn. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida— UNITED FILM SERVICE, Atlanta, Georgia. UNITED FILM SERVICE, Memphis, Tenn. CELEBRATED FILM CORP. 729 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK H. GROSSMAN, General Manager