The Moving Picture World
The Moving Picture World
January 4, 1913 cover |
Categories |
Film
Entertainment |
First issue |
1907 |
Final issue |
December 1927 |
Country |
United States |
Language |
English |
The Moving Picture World was an influential early trade journal for the American film industry, from 1907 to 1927.[1] By 1914, it had a reported circulation of approximately 15,000.[2]
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.[1][3][4]
In December 1927, it was announced that the publication was merging with the Exhibitor's Herald, when it was reported the combined circulation of the papers would be 16,881.[5] In 1931, a subsequent merger with the Motion Picture News occurred, creating the Motion Picture Herald.[6]
References
- ^ a b Speed, Frederick Maurice. Film review 1979-80, p.98 (1979) ("Not the first, but the best known, of early American trade periodicals was The Moving Picture World, founded by James P. Chalmers Jr, which began publication on 9 March, 1907 as The Moving Picture World and View Photographer.")
- ^ Through the Camera Lens: Moving Picture World and the Silent Film Era, 1907-1927 - Summary, Gale (publisher)
- ^ James Petrie Chalmers (obtituary), American Photography (1912)
- ^ (6 April 1912) A Martyr to Duty, The Moving Picture World (announcement of Chalmers' death)
- ^ (30 December 1927). Screen Papers Merged: Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World Close Deal, The New York Times
- ^ Exhibitor's Herald - Publisher Information], klinebooks.com, Retrieved October 19, 2011
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