Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Jul - Aug 1918
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)
Leaf #:
000661
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 27, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 597 FILM CLEARING HOUSE INCORPORATED ECONOMICAL DISTRIBUTION For Producer, Exchange Man and Exhibitor ^pHE FILM CLEARING HOUSE, Incorporated, ■■ reduces the High Cost of Doing Business for every one of these factors, and accomplishes it sanely and safely. It proposes to do the work of physical distribution of the films of every exchange system or film manufacturer who welcomes a Clearing House that DOES Store, inspect, repair, distribute, keep books for, receive money due on, all live reels entrusted to its care throughout the United States, and take care of paper and accessories. It will operate throughout the United States. DOES NOT Manufacture, act as sales manager or sales agent for purchase, deal in, or exhibit films, store inactive reels or owe any allegiance whatever to any individual, corporation, groups or factions in the motion picture industry. PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF PRICES (ON QUANTITIES ACCEPTABLE TO FILM CLEARING HOUSE) Five cents per reel per week on all films in care of Film Clearing House. 28V2C per reel per week, one distribution a week. I8V2C per reel per week, on each distribution twice a week. 17c per reel per week, on each distribution three times a week. 16%c per reel per week, on each distribution four times a week. (NEW YORK SCHEDULE SLIGHTLY HIGHER) FILM CLEARING HOUSE, Inc. JACOB RUPPERT President 18 East 41st Street, New York City TELEPHONE, VANDERBILT 4396 FRED DENNETT Vice-Pres. and Gen'l Mgr.