Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1917 - Feb 1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Picture Play Magazine
Date:
Sep 1917 - Feb 1918
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : Street & Smith
Volume:
Picture-Play Magazine
Leaf #:
00015
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Fan Magazines, and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Began publishing in 1915; mid-level fan magazine on par with Movie Classic and Screenland. Cost a twenty five cents an issue up until pricing pressure from New Movie (c. 1932) incited an across-the-board price decrease to 10 cents. Merged with Charm in 1941, which would later become Glamour magazine (1959). -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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World's Greatest Stars for all the People AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT from ADOLPH ZUKOR AFTER August 5, 1917, you Jl\ who want Paramount Pictures can have them at your favorite motion picture theatre. On the above date Paramount will inaugurate a new policy of service to the entire play&oin& public. Any theatre in America can secure Paramount Pictures and Paramount Stars, just as it chooses to book them. The Restrictions Are Off This announcement is the most important addressed to motion picture patrons since September 1, 1914, when the Paramount program was born. By this plan your theatre will carry out your wishes. Paramount will be able, for the first time, to satisfy the enormous public demand. And, after all, Paramount Is a Public Service Paramount originated the feature photoplay idea. Be£innin& with Sarah Bernhardt and James K. Hackett, we &ave to the screen the famous stars of the speaking sta&e, with master ^7111 writers, master direcisiiii? u tors, an investment of millions to lift motion pictures to their present hi&h plane. Paramount Has the Stars The Paramount roster includes such famous names as Mme. Petrova, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Vivian Martin, Billie Burke, Julian Eltin&e, Margaret Illin&ton, Marie Doro, Fannie Ward, Ann Pennington, George Beban, Wallace Reid, Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark. Also, the famous Paramount-Arbuckle two-reel comedies, the Victor Moore and Black Diamond one-reel comedies, the Paramount Bray Picto&raph, weekly "Magazine on the Screen" and Burton Holmes Travel Pictures. Ask for Paramount Pictures Your theatre manager is now able to secure the stars he may select — just as he wants to book them. Tell him you want to see Paramount Stars and Paramount Pictures. Hand in the Box Office Request below. He will be &lad to know and will follow rJ your wishes. ^paramaunt^ictureS Controlled by FAMOUS PLAYERS LASKY CORPORATION Adolph Zukor, President Jesse L. Lasky, Vice President GeoilB. De Mille. Director Gen'l NEW YORK ^oxOffice^equed I should enjoy Paramount Pictures and Stars. Name. — Address