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 #:
0001233
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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August 24, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1163 lassified Advertisements note terms carefully r* ^^^/ Remittances must accompany all orders for classified advertisements as follows: One dollar per insertion for copy containing twenty words or less. Five cents per word on copy containing over twenty words. Each word to be counted including names and addresses. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS :-Th. PublUh.r. .»p«ct that .11 .t.tem-U. mad* in .very adv.rti.oment will b«ar the .tricte.t investigation SITUATIONS WANTED. ORGANIST desires position. First-class musician. Experienced, reliable man. Fine pictup, player and soloist. Good organ and salary essential. "ORGANIST," Box 472, Hagerstown, Maryland. EXPERIENCED ORGANIST and pianist with orchestra. Oberlin graduate. Best of references. Miss I)., !) Elm St., Geneseo, New York. FIRST CLASS moving picture operator wants steady position, $35 a week. Write A. Simeon, 78 West G8th St., N. Y. City. WANTED after Aug. 15th position as manager motion picture theatre. Sober, reliable married man. Four years' experience. Address Box 58, Racine, Ohio. A THOROUGH MOTION PICTURE salesman and manager, 15 years' experience, located in Philadelphia directly in the film center, having large room M2x60 fitted up for a first-class exchange, will handle film for this and adjacent territory on commission or salary. Best reference, and can get the business. Address C. H. D., 261 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pa. CAMERAMAN at liberty after Aug. 10th. Exempt from draft. Own complete outfit. Studio, industrial, educational New York or vicinity Address Cameraman, care M. P. World, N Y. City. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. FOR SALE at a bargain, complete modern motion picture developing and printing laboratory equipment, including Bell & Howell Perforator, Corcoran Tanks, printer. For complete list and price, address Erker Brothers Optical Company, 607 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. FOR QUICK SALE AT SACRIFICE Moving Picture plant of Eagle Film Mfg. and Producing Co., at Eagle Film City, Fla., three miles from Jacksonville, complete in every detail : main building, 40 x 52 feet, 10 rooms. Rest room house, 18 x 27 feet. Property building, 33 x 48 feet ; one large hall, 15 rooms and 2 baths. Garage and machine shop, 42 x 60 feet. Engine house, 15 x 24 feet. Outdoor stage, 56 x 85 feet. Swimming pool, 27 x 50 feet, 6 Substantially Bound in Cloth PRICE 1.50 Each Transportation Charges Additional feet deep. Five room bungalow. Personal property consisting of office furniture and fixtures, printing press and outfit, developing and printing equipment, projection machine, Chemicals, house linens, costumes etc., scenery, props and equipment, furniture for property building and rest room. Electric lighting machinery and equipment in power building. Machinery and equipment in garage and machine shop. Real property subject mortgage $3,500 — personal property unencumbered ; all recently pun from Trustee in Bankruptcy for Eagle Film Co. Initial cost of property between $50,000 and $75,(100. Will take $5,000 cash for quick sale entire plant real and personal property — $3,000 cash for personal property alone. Particulars furnished on application. Cecil Tharin, Management, Independent Hardware Co., 517-19 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, Florida. CAMERAS, ETC., FOR SALE. LISTEN — Cameramen, directors, laboratory managers, exchanges, operators, stamp brings invaluable novelty catalogue concerning you. Eberhard Schneider, 219 Second Avenue, N. Y. City. DEBRIE CAMERA for sale, complete, with tripod, carrying cases and extra magazines. First class condition. Address Motion Picture Department, Ford Motor Company, i Detroit, Michigan. "NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS." JUST A FEW RARE BARGAINS LEFT AFTER THE GREATEST DEMAND EVER EXPERIENCED FOR BASS GUARANTEED M. P. CAMERAS. 200 ft. cap. U. S. Compact, magazines side by side, weight 10% lbs. Tessar 3.5 lens. Price $85.00. 350 ft. cap. Pathe special. Heliar 3.5 lens. Price $325.00. 200 ft. Universal 6pecial, with Goerz micrometer mount Hypar lens 3.5 and 4 magazines. Price $250.00. Alamo, 50 ft. cap. f :6 lens, $22.00. Genuine Prestivich. Tessar 3.5 lens, $195.00. Every Camera Guaranteed. Get your name on our mailing list. It pays. BASS CAMERA COMPANY. Charles Bass, Pres., 109 No. Dearborn St., Chicago. BONA FIDE BARGAINS — Williamson Motion Picture Camera, 50 MM. Bau mb IC Tessar P :3.5, two extra loading capacity of 150 tt. Complete wit! carrying ease, lens shad and Tilting Head Tripod, $57.50. U. S M. P. Camera, P..-3.5 Bausch & Lomb IC Tessar lens, complete with extra magazine, giving 800 ft. loading capacity, special dissolve, $87.50. Universal M. I'. Tripod Panoramic and Tilting Top, $75.00. Light Weight Tripod Panoramic and Tilting, $22.50. — : -Heavy Weight Panoramic and Tilting Top Tripod, $30.00. Universal Dissolve, $32.50. Advertising by Motion Pic tures, postpaid, $1.00. How to make and Operate Moving Picture, postpaid, $1.10. Talbot's Practical Cinematography, postpaid, $1.25. All three books for $.'{.50. ACT PROMPTLY ; GET IN TOUCH WITH US TODAY. TELEGRAPH IC ORDERS SHIPPED SAME DAY THEY ARE RECEIVED. DAVID STERN COMPANY IX BUSINESS SINCE 1885, 1072R MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. • EQUIPMENT WANTED. WE BUY — Second-hand machines of all makes, lenses, calcium lights, tents, chairs, and all theatre supplies. Highest prices offered. What have you? Monarch Film Service, 228 Union Ave., Memphis, Tenn. THEATRES FOR SALE OR RENT. MOVING PICTURE THEATRE BUYERS : consult Lewis, we can locate you in any State ; if we have not what you want, we can get it. Write or wire Lewis, 580 Ellicott Sq., Buffalo, N. Y. MISCELLANEOUS. FRENCH titles and scenarios by highly specialized Parisian translator. Address Traducteur Deuxlangues, care M. P. World, N. Y. City. LABORATORY work supervision by recognized authority will take worries off your mind and cost less than answering complaints. Write Labex, care M. P. World, N. Y. City. BOUND VOLUMES OF THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD (The Encyclopedia of the Moving Picture Industry) This may be your last opportunity, as the supply is VERY limited. These volumes date back to January 1, 1911 Four volumes embrace a year's issue. CHALMERS PUBLISHING CO., 516 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK