Moving Picture World (Aug 1916)

Page scan 000454 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Aug 1916
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Aug 1916)
Leaf #:
000454
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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1288 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD August 19, 1916 Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending August 19 and August 26 (For Extended Table of Current Releases. See Pages 1312, 1314, 1316, 1318.) General Film Company. General Film Company. Current Releases. Advance Releas<*. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1010. MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1010. BIOGRAPH— The Adopted Brother (Two parts— Drama) (BiolUOGKAPH — Saved From Himself (Drama) (Bio graph Reissue No. 74). graph— Reissue No. 72) 21030 SELIG_The F;u. Journey (Three parts-Drama). SELIG— The Germ of Mystery (Three parts-Drama) 2 1025-6, SEUG_The Seliff.Tribune No. 68, 1916 (Topical). SELIG-The Selig-Tribune No. 65. 1916 (Topical)... 21029 VITAGRAPH_Did He or Did He Not? (Comedy). YITAGRAPH— Conductor Kate (Comedy) 21028 TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1»16. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22. 1916. BIOGRAPH— A Temporary Truce (Two parts— Dr.) _ ESaANAY— A Man for A" That (Two parts— Drama) (Reissue). (Biograph Reissue No. ,3, •••••••" ■•• ■ 2103b-' KALEM-The Star Boarders (Comedy). K*'^^y.^°™iVy. *. ™ ™^ ■ 21031-2 LUBIN-The Usurer's Due (Two parts-Drama). K.W.EM — Ham's Strategy (Comedy) 21033 LUBIN — A Lesson In Labor (Two parts— Drama) . . . 21034-5 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1»16. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1«. 1916. BIOGRAPH-Seven Days (Three parts-Drama). ESSANAY— The Fable of "How Wisenstein Did Not Lose Out ESSANAY — Canimated Nooz Pictorial No. 14 (Car to Buttinsky" (Comedy). toon-Comedy) 21038 KALEM— The Girl from 'Frisco Series, No. :;, "The Cil Field — A Scenic subject on the same reel 21038 Plot" (Two parts — Drama). KALEM — The Girl from 'Frisco, Series No. 2, "The V1M FEATURE COMEDY — The Lemon in Their Garden of Turquoise Mines Conspiracy" (Two parts— Dr.) 21040-1 Love (Comedy). VIM FEATURE COMEDY— Their Dream House (Comedy) 21039 THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916. SELIG— The Selig-Tribune No. 68, 1916. (Topical). SELiG The Selig-Tribune No. 66, 1916. (Topical).. 21042 VIM — Their Honeymoon (Comedy). VIM— Life Savers (Comedy) 21043 FRIDAY, AUGUST IS. 1916. FRIDAY. AUGUST 25. 1916. KALEM— He Wrote Poetry? (Comedy) 21044 YIM-Comrades (Comedy) '. . . 21046 KALEM-The Stolen Jail (Comedy). YTT \GRAFH-There and Back (Comedy) 21046 VLM-The Try-out (Comedy). YITAGRAPH— The Yellow Girl (Novelty). SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916. T7.QCTAKAY \ Little Volunteer (Three parts — Dr.).. 21047-8-0 ES9ANA1 A l^ltlie voiumeei i e p , SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916. KALEM— With the Aid of the Wreckers (No. 93 of the "Hazards of Helen" Railroad Series) (Dr.). 21053 ESSANAY— The Face in the Mirror (Three parts— Drama). SELIG — A Bear of a Story (Western-Comedy) 21054 KALEM— At Danger's Call (No. 94 of the "Hazards of Helen" VITAGRAPH The Wandering Horde (Three parts Railroad Series) (Drama). —Drama) (Broadway Star Feature) 21050-1-2 SELIG— Roping a Sweetheart (Western— Drama). COMPLETE ANU ACCURATE LISTS of Regular Program and Feature Pictures Can Always Be Obtained from the Pages of the Moving Pichire World. These are Published Two Weeks in Advance of Release Days to Enable Exhibitors to Arrange Their Coming Programs. The Stories of the Pictures in Most Cases are Published on a Like Schedule. Each Synopsis is Headed by a Cast, the Players' Names Being In Parenthesis. Lay Out Your Entertainment From the Information In the Moving Picture World and You Will Not Go Wrong. SEPTEMBER DATES NOW (OO KE D GET IN EARLY ON AMERICA'S GREATEST COMEDIAN BERT WILLIAMS OF THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES IN A TWO REEL COMEDY Produced by BIOGRAPH COMPANY Book through GENERAL FILM COMPANY