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. 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. In 1927, Moving Picture World ceased publication when it was acquired by Martin Quigley's Exhibitor's Herald. In the 1920s, Moving Picture World lost ground to other competing weekly trade papers - including Variety, Exhibitor's Herald, and Motion Picture News. 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. 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). Chalmers, was one of the motion picture industry's first trade papers. Moving Picture World, founded in 1907 by J.P. Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section

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