Second Earliest Citation for "Movie"

[Sam Clements]

The book was published in 1902 according to two current listings on
"Bookfinder."  The OED said

1903 Advt. in E. Jarrold Mickey Finn's New Irish Yarns verso title-page,
After the movies 'Murine' your eyes.

The trademark database indicates that the Murine Company may have been
making Murine since 1923.

I'm sure that someone can track down the earliest use of Murine in an ad
beter than I.  I'll suggest that the ad may have been "tipped in" sometime
in the 1920's.

Sam Clem
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Subject: Second Earliest Citation for "Movie"


> HDAS/OED have a remarkably early 1902/03 citation for the word "movie"
> (dated 1902 by HDAS, dated 1903 by OED).  It is taken from an
> advertisement on the reverse of the title page of a book.  This is so much
> earlier than anything else I can find that I wonder whether it is an error
> of some sort.  I am presently attempting to verify the source.
>
> Below is a 1911 citation that is the second earliest that has been found
> for "movie" as far as I know.  If the 1902/03 citation proves to be
> erroneous, this would become the earliest.
>
> 1911 _Wash. Post_ 1 Aug. 6  I learned how to bake stuffed tomatoes at the
> 'movies' last night.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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