Moving Picture World (Nov - Dec 1918)

Page scan 000238 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Nov - Dec 1918
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Nov - Dec 1918)
Leaf #:
000238
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:
June 27, 2024
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(BE MAI. ©EKE FAJLRAK MAIBTE1L J^@ffiMAMD THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 23, 19 18( (Boldwvn pictures BsaMaa ^hese Successes ICaunched This A rs ^1 Goldvuyn Year." GERALDINE FARRAR in a modern society and mystery melodrama was just what you and the public wanted. "The Turn of the Wheel" made good and will continue to be a profit-making attraction throughout . the year. Booked at The Strand, New York. MABEL NORMAND returning to broad comedy in "Peck's Bad Girl" caused the screen public to cry "Hurray!" Exactly what they wanted— and a big success in theatres everywhere. TOM MOORE an instant hit as a Goldwyn star in "Just For Tonight." Fast, speedy, romantic comedy —the kind of story that made audiences forget about the war. MADGE KENNEDY'S most liked picture— "The Kingdom of Youth." Exhibitors were so enthusiastic about it that they conducted big personal advertising campaigns — and business was heavy. Booked at The Strand, New York. REX BEACH'S "Laughing Bill Hyde" with Will Rogers introduced a brand new star to the American public and such notices as the critics gave him have rarely ever been equalled in screen history. Booked at The Rivoli, New York. MAE MARSH in "Hidden Fires" has what dozens of exhibitors rank as her best picture since "Polly of the Circus" and "The Cinderella Man." Booked at The Rialto, New York. All of these productions are brand new hits since September 1. Two thousand additional theatres, including yours, should book and begin playing them before Christmas. Productions like these are the basis of Goldwyn's power. They are confidencebuilders— and for you they are patronage builders. GOLDWYN PICTURES CORPORATION Samuel Goldfish Pref&ent Edgar Selwvn. v><c P'OJiacnr 16 East 4-2«/ Street New York City MAE MAJttSH