Moving Picture World (Aug 1917)

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Aug 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Aug 1917)
Leaf #:
000463
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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:
September 21, 2023
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August 18, 1917 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1113 Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending August 18 and August 25 (For Extended Table of Current Releases See Pages 1130, 1132. 1134. 1136.) Universal Film Mfg. Company Mutual Film Corporation RELEASES FOR WEEK OP AUGUST 13. GOLD SEAL — A Wife's Suspicion (Three Parts — Drama) 02615 NESTOR— The Rushin' Dancers (Comedy) 02616 L-KO — Rough Stuff (Two Parts — Comedy) 02617 UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY— No. 85 (Topical) 02618 STAR FEATURETTE — Cheyenne's Pal (Two Parts — Drama) 02619 JOKER — Out Again, In Again (Comedy) 02620 VICTOR — The Brass Girl (Two Parts — ComedyDrama) 02621 UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE— Issue No. 32 (Educational) 02622 UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS— Issue No. 14 (Topical) 02623 JOKER — Back to the Kitchen (Comedy) 02624 POWERS — Doing His Bit (Com. Cartoon) and Algeria Old and New (Scenic — Split Reel) 02625 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL, — The Gray Ghost (Episode No. 7, "The Double Floor" — Two Parts — Drama) 02626 RELEASES FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 20. BISON — Squaring It (Three Parts — Drama) 0262S NESTOR — Move Over (Comedy) 02629 L-KO — Street Cars and Carbunkles (Two Parts — Comedy) 02630 ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 86 (Topical) 02631 STAR FEATURETTE — The Golden Heart (Two Parts — Drama) 02631 JOKER — Behind the Map (Comedy) 02633 VICTOR — A Five-Foot Ruler (Two Parts — Comedy Drama) 02634 UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue ino. 33 (Educational) 02635 UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS — Issue No. 14 (Topical) 02636 JOKER — Mrs. ' Madam Manager (Comedy) 02637 POWERS — Colonel Pepper's Mobilized Farm (Comedy Cartoon), and The Home Life of the Spider (Ditmar's Educational) 02638 UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — The Gray Ghost (Episode No. 9 — Title not decided) (Two Parts — Dr.).... 02639 MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1IM7. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTIONS— Bab the Fixer (Hork heimer — Five Parts — Drama) 05710-11-12-13-14 TUESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1917. LA SALLE — The Widow's Might (Comedy) 05715 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1017. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 137 (Topical) 05716 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1C, 1917. CUB — Beach Nuts (Comedy) 05717 GAUMONT — Reel Life No. 68 (Subjects on reel: Young Men's Christian Association; Learning to Be a Soldier: The Absent-Minded Dentist; an Animated Drawing from "Life" 05718 MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION— (Title Not Reported — Five Parts) 05719-20-21-22-23 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 138 (Topical) 0.".724 THURSDVV. M(ilST 2.*!. 1917. CUB — Jerry on The Farm (Comedy) 05725 GAUMONT — Reel Life No. 69 (Subjects on Reel: Hunting Alligators for Their Skins: Harvesting Potatoes on the Eastern Coast; Coney Island Thrills: Oil From Japan: "Something Going to Happen," An Animated Cartoon from "Life").. 05726 ST*Y> ^ Y AY * Five Thousand $1.25 MM I /% W Ten Thousand 2.50 J. JL/V/liTLlV rj Fifteen Thousand 3.75 _ e* Twenty -6ve Thousand 5.50 D*J Ti/>lr ^f o * Fifty Thousand 7.50 IV Oil 1 lCKclS ft. One Hundred Thousand 10.00 Your own special Ticket, any printing, any colors, accurately numbered; every roll guaranteed. Coupon ticket! for Prize Drawings, 5,000 $2.50. Prompt shipments. Cash with the order. Get the samples. Send diagram for Reserved Seat Coupon Tickets, serial or dated. Stock tickets 5,000 to 25,000 fifteea cents per thousand, 50,000 ten cents, 100,000 nine cent*. National Ticket Co., Shamokin, Pa.