Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

Page scan 000537 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul - Aug 1918
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)
Leaf #:
000537
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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July 20, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 473 I IN SPITE OF THE WAR f We Still Have in Stock the m Imported Pathe, Debrie Moy and Prestwich MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS Complete Line of Universal Cameras, Tripods and Accessories always on hand. Pathe No. 1 Camera Universal Camera The New Precision Ball Bearing Tripod is in a class by itself. See It and Be The Judge MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS COMPANY 110 West 32nd Street, New York City Phone Farragut 4779 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 4500 CINEMUNDIAL 4500 4500 What?— 4500 Monthly Readers — and Growing Ever Such is the circulation achievement as it stands on our books this July 1, 1918. For three years our total of readers has mounted upward, ever upward, and just now new plans are being worked out which will literally add new thousands to the list. At times last year we printed a total monthly run of over 7,000 copies (including those sent gratis for missionary purposes) and on one occasion more than 8,000. Unless all signs fail to materialize these circulation records will be surpassed in 1918 Chalmers Publishing Company 516 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY In Answering Advertisements, Please Mention the MOVING PICTURE WORLD.