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 #:
000240
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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790 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 23, 1918 DAYS BOOKINGS INT Marcus Loew's Theatres AT the very moment of the recent suspension concluding a record-breaking pre-release week as the first independent production ever booked at the Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia. Dftzwood Film Company *s Great Patriotic Spectacle for the Freedom I oftheEast xuitk LADY TSEN MEI Conceived, and directed by Ira JsA.. Iowsy had been booked on sight for a full time showing on the entire Marcus Loew metropolitan circuit. Few productions are ever rated by the Loew experts as strong enough to warrant such a blanket booking. This contract for immediate playing dates was signed because — to use their own words — "here is one of the best pictures ever made for the average American." Twenty Goldwyn offices during the month of nonreleasing have proved by their bookings and by exhibitor approval at trade showings that "For the Freedom of the East" will be one of the hig, steady, money-making productions of the Winter and Spring seasons. If you act quickly your nearest Goldwyn office can give you an almost immediate playing date. Don't wait till the prints are all busy which would delay you in getting this big successor to "For the Freedom of the World." GOLDWW DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION Samuel Goldfish. President 16 East 4-2»</ Street New York City