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new projection equipment by Mazda, titling the article “Solution of Projection Problems.” They featured a complete record of current films, updating them on a weekly basis. This guide showed all of the current films genres, categorized as Drama, Comedy, Topical, Scenic or Educational. They would also illustrate in this section the distributor's booking number, actors featured in the film, number of reels, and so on.
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retaining the identity of each individual exchange. Additionally, in their April 1918 issue, they published an article called "Co-operative field Getting Too Crowded", which reported that there were too many co-operatives forming in the industry, which would result in enhanced competition between organizations, and possible fall of current co-operatives.
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Corporation Formed?”, which discussed large production and distribution companies that had merged, in order to make one, large, centralized conglomerate. This new company was called the Associated Booking Company. The merge allowed all exchanges to be combined, reducing overhead costs, while still
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Not only did the magazine review movies, but they also reviewed movie studios and theaters, and would make recommendations to their readers as well as reviews on film equipment and new technological advancements in the industry. For instance, in the 1918 April issue, Writer Wesley Smith wrote about
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writers wrote about the lives of people in the film industry, reporting on events such as recent birthdays, anniversaries, accidents, deaths, and other major life events. Additionally, the magazine had a latest news of Chicago or New York page which they deemed
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had a variety of content that catered towards members of the film industry. The magazine often published articles on newly released movies, synopses of movies, current movie trends, and industry news. Similar to many modern film publications,
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would often report on recent mergers and acquisitions, industry trends, growing companies, or companies that may be declining. For instance, in their 1918 April issue in their "Publicity That Makes Profits",
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writers wrote about new ways to advertise to people, to come to particular theaters, watch movies, etc. Moreover, in their 1918 May issue, they published an article called the “
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was one of the most popular American Film trade papers, and was read primarily by individuals in the film industry, such as movie directors and movie theater owners. In 1918,
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highlighted key leaders in the industry, what they had been doing, and how they had become successful. Additionally, they had a reoccurring section called “
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in 1911. The trade journal was published monthly by Electricity Magazine Corporation in Chicago and had a bureau office in New York City.
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that was first published in 1909 and ran until mid-1918. The magazine was published in 1909 and was originally named
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which featured news about movie theater exhibitors, owners, managers, film organization coordinators, and so on. “
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The trade journal was also considered a guide to business trends and news in the industry.
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highlighted specific actors and their performances in their section called “
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Theater Men are doing; news of exhibitors succeeding are you one?” which
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industry, current events occurring across the country.
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Corinne Griffith
film journal
Martin Quigley
Motion Picture Herald
Martin Quigley
Exhibitors Herald
List of film periodicals
http://thebioscope.net/2010/02/09/motography/




http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motography19elec_0770
http://thebioscope.net/journals/usa/
http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpictureher121unse_0004
ISBN
9780231508513
Exhibitors Herald and MOTOGRAPHY
Motography
HathiTrust Digital Library
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Film magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines disestablished in 1917
Magazines established in 1909

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