The Moving Picture World was an influential early trade journal for the American film industry, from 1907 to 1927. An industry powerhouse at its height, Moving Picture World frequently reiterated its independence from the film studios.
5-484: In 1911, the magazine bought out Views and Film Index . Its reviews illustrate the standards and tastes of film in its infancy, and shed light on story content in those early days. By 1914, it had a reported circulation of approximately 15,000. The publication was founded by James Petrie (J.P.) Chalmers, Jr. (1866–1912), who began publishing in March 1907 as The Moving Picture World and View Photographer . In December 1927, it
10-691: The Moving Picture World: The Early Years, 1907–1915 and Filmmakers in The Moving Picture World: An Index of Articles, 1907–1927. Exhibitors Herald The Motion Picture Herald (MPH) was an American film industry trade paper first published as the Exhibitors Herald in 1915, and MPH from 1931 to December 1972. It was replaced by the QP Herald , which only lasted until May 1973. The paper's origin
15-532: The magazine The Moving Picture World and began publishing it as Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World , which was later shortened to the more manageable title, Exhibitors Herald-World . Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World also incorporated The Film Index that was founded in 1906. After acquiring Motion Picture News in 1930, he merged the publications into the Motion Picture Herald . The Media History Digital Library has scans of
20-636: Was announced that the publication was merging with the Exhibitors Herald , when it was reported the combined circulation of the papers would be 16,881. In 1931, a subsequent merger with the Motion Picture News occurred, creating the Motion Picture Herald . A Spanish language version of the magazine, entitled Cine-Mundial , was published from 1916 to 1948. Two indexes have been published to assist in locating information in this valuable journal: An Index to Short and Feature Film Reviews in
25-676: Was in 1915, when a Chicago printing company launched a film publication as a regional trade paper for exhibitors in the Midwest and known as Exhibitors Herald . Publisher Martin Quigley bought the paper and, over the following two decades, developed the Exhibitors Herald into a national trade paper for the US film industry. In 1917, Quigley acquired and merged another publication, Motography , into his magazine. In 1927, he further acquired and merged
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