Moving Picture World (Aug 1917)

Page scan 000642 from Moving Picture World

Record Details:

Title:
Moving Picture World
Date:
Aug 1917
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers Publishing Company
Volume:
Moving Picture World (Aug 1917)
Leaf #:
000642
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:
August 08, 2024
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1266 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD August 25, 1917 Calendar of Daily Program Releases Releases for Weeks Ending August 25 and September 1 (For Extended Table of Current Releases See Pages 1276, 1278, 1280, 1282.) Universal Film Mfg. Company Mutual Film Corporation RELEASES FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 20. BISON — Squaring It (Three Parts — Drama) NESTOR — Move Over (Comedy) L-KO — Street Cars and Carbunkles (Two Parts — Comedy) ANIMATED WEEKLY — Number 86 (Topical) STAR PEATURETTE — The Golden Heart (Two Parts — Drama) JOKER — Behind the Map (Comedy) VICTOR — A Five-Foot Ruler (Two Parts — Comedy Drama) UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue Xso. 33 (Educational) UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS — Issue No. 14 (Topical) JOKER — Mrs. Madam Manager (Comedy) POWERS — Colonel Pepper's Mobilized Farm (Comedy Cartoon), and The Home Life of the Spider (Ditmar's Educational) UNIVERSAL SPECIAL — The Gray Ghost (Episode No. 9 — The Pearl Necklace (Two Parts — Dr.) . . . RELEASE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 27. GOLD SEAL— The Winning Pair (Three Parts— Dr.) NESTOR — The Night Cap (Comedy) L-KO — Props, Drops and Flops (Two Parts — Comedy) UNIVERSAL ANIMATED WEEKLY — Weekly No. 87 (Topical) STAR PEATURETTE — Hands in the Dark (Two Parts — Drama), and Old French Towns (Short Scenic) JOKER— Why They Left Home (Comedy) VICTOR — Scandal Everywhere (Comedy) UNIVERSAL SCREEN MAGAZINE — Issue No. 34 (Educational) UNIVERSAL CURRENT NEWS — Issue No. 15 (Topical) JOKER — Busting Into Society (Comedy) BISON — Jungle Treachery (Two Parts — Drama) . . UNIVERSAL SPECIAL. — The Gray Ghost, Episode No. 10 — Title not decided (Two Parts — Dr) 02628 02629 02630 02631 02632 02633 02634 02635 02636 02637 02638 02639 02641 02642 02643 02644 02645 02646 02647 02648 02649 02650 02651 02652 MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917. MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION — No Release this day WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 138 (Topical) THURSDAY. AUGUST 23, 1917. CUB — Jerry on The Farm (Comedy) 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") . . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1917. MUTUAL — Mutual Weekly No. 139 (Topical) THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917. CUB — Jerry's Eugenic Marriage (Comedy) GAUMONT — Reel Life No. 70 (Subjects on Reel: Using The Abalone, A Little-Known Industry of the Pacific Coast; A Boy and a Rope; Handling the Mail; Beach Sports of California; "The March of Science" and "What a Batchelor Sees at a Wedding" are animated drawings from "Life".. 05724 05725 05726 05727 05728 05729 ST\¥"\ £\Y AT <0 Five Thousand $1.25 MM I /% U Ten Thousand 2.50 M. LJ\jM.£\MJ O Fifteen Thousand 3.75 im Twenty-five Thousand 5.50 D *vl T* y% \r nlo (4 ™y Thousand 7.50 IVOil I ILK C 15 ft. One Hundred Thousand. . . 10.00 Your own special Ticket, any printing, any colon, accurately numbered; every roll guaranteed. Coupon tickets ior Prize Drawing!, 5,000 $2.50. Prompt shipments. Cash with the order. Get the samples Send diagram for Seserved Seat Coupon Tickets, serial or dated. Stock tickets 5,000 to 25,000 fifteen cents per thousand, 50,000 ten cents, 100,000 nine cent*. National Ticket Co., Shamokin, Pa. BOUND VOLUMES OF THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD You Need Them in Your Business ! Each issue of THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD re presents the fruit of studied effort on the part of experts to provide just what the average reader of trade pubti cations in the moving picture field can use to best advantage in his business. Since this « true, the bound volumes of THE MO VI NG PICTURE WORLD, each comprising the complete issues printed during a period of three months, take immediate standing as The Reliable Reference Book of the Trade The Record of Moving Picture History In the Making NOW READY— VOL. 32— APRIL TO JUNE, 1917 WE HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL Bound Volumes for the years 1912, M13, 1114, 1915 and 1916. Four volumes each year. Shipped as per your instructions at J1.S0 per volume — transportation charges additional. INVEST $33.00 and have at your hand for ready reference every issue of THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD which has been printed since January 1, 1912. These issues are In bound volume form, and are Invaluable to the wide-awake moving picture man. CHALMERS PUBLISHING CO., 1 7 Madison Ave., New York City