Moving Picture World

Moving Picture World Issues

Moving Picture World [Mar-Dec 1907]

Moving Picture World [Aug 1907]

Moving Picture World [July-Dec 1908]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Jun 1908]

Moving Picture World [March 1908]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Jun 1909]

Moving Picture World [July-Dec 1909]

Moving Picture World [July-Dec 1910]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Jun 1910]

Moving Picture World [Jul-Sep 1911]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Jul 1911]

Moving Picture World [Oct-Dec 1911]

Moving Picture World [Oct-Dec 1912]

Moving Picture World [Apr-May 1918]

Moving Picture World [Jul-Sep 1912]

Moving Picture World [April 1912 - June 1912]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Mar 1912]

Moving Picture World [Jul-Sep 1913]

Moving Picture World [Apr-Jun 1913]

Moving Picture World [Oct-Dec 1913]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Mar 1913]

Moving Picture World [Oct-Dec 1914]

Moving Picture World [Jul-Sep 1914]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Mar 1914]

Moving Picture World [Apr-Jun 1917]

Moving Picture World [April-June 1915]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Mar 1915]

Moving Picture World [Jul-Sep 1915]

Moving Picture World [Oct 1915]

Moving Picture World [Nov 1915]

Moving Picture World [Dec 1915]

Moving Picture World [Jan-Mar 1916]

Moving Picture World [Oct-Dec 1916]

Moving Picture World [Apr 1916]

Moving Picture World [May 1916]

Moving Picture World [Jun 1916]

Moving Picture World [Jul 1916]

Moving Picture World [Aug 1916]

Moving Picture World [Sep 1916]

Moving Picture World [Jan 1917]

Moving Picture World [Apr-Jun 1917]

Moving Picture World [Feb 1917]

Moving Picture World [Mar 1917]

Moving Picture World [Jul 1917]

Moving Picture World [Aug 1917]

Moving Picture World [Sep 1917]

Moving Picture World [Oct 1917]

Moving Picture World [Nov 1917]

Moving Picture World [Dec 1917]

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