Moving Picture World (Nov - Dec 1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Nov - Dec 1918
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Nov - Dec 1918)
Leaf #:
000239
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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November 23, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 789 ffoiar To Do Eleven Months Business in the Next Ten. THAT'S your problem — and your intention — as an exhibitor. You reopen your theatre under a new head of steam. While closed up you've been thinking. You know now that you cannot hope to pull out ahead with lesser stars and average pictures. Big stars build patronage and prosperity just as big guns win battles. Goldwyn means in the public's mind big stars and big productions; the screen's best known personalities. We announce for forthcoming release: Nov. 17. Nov. 24. Dec. 1. Dec. 8. Dec. 15. Dec. 22. TOM MOORE in "Thirty A Week" from the stage success by Thompson Buchanan. Booked at The Rialto, New York. MABEL NORMAND in "A Perfect 36." By Tex Charwate A big, broad comedy-drama. An even greater success than "Peck's Bad Girl." GERALDINE FARRAR in "The Hell Cat." A big western melodrama by Willard Mack. Booked "at The Strand, New York. MADGE KENNEDY in"A Perfect Lady." ByChanning Pollock and Rennold Wolf From their big stage success. Booked at The Strand, New York. REX BEACH'S "Too Fat To Fight" with Frank Mclntyre. A great international comedy of the Y. M. C. A., K. of C, the Y. M, H. A. and the Salvation Army. Booked at The Rivoli, New York. MAE MARSH in "The Racing Strain." By Tex Charwate. A thrilling racetrack romance of the Bluegrass with a romantic climax at the Saratoga handicap. When you give audiences what they want you never have to worry about your profits. Your box-office takes care of itself. GOLDWYN PICTURES CORPORATION Samuel Goldfish. President Edgar Selwvn. v«e President 16 East 4-2 «e/ Street "THE RA€I*J<G stmaim " bta T<0© FAT T<2> FI(BH1 " "A PERFECT EAWV