Variety (Apr 1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Apr 1949
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (April 1949)
Leaf #:
00086
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1905 by Sime Silverman, Variety is the best known and most important trade paper in the history of American entertainment. Variety began as a New York weekly publication covering vaudeville, however, its scope expanded over time to include legitimate theatre, burlesque, motion pictures, radio, and television (transitions that the MHDL will eventually document within this record). In 1933, Daily Variety was launched in Los Angeles to offer in-depth coverage of the motion picture industry and serve as a competitor to The Hollywood Reporter, which was founded 'on the Coast' in 1930. In March 2013, Variety's owner ended the print edition of Daily Variety, though as of this writing, the weekly publication and a website offering non-stop news updates still exist. Variety may ultimately be best remembered for its integration of show business slang into entertainment trade coverage. Boffo. Hokum. Quickies. Svelte. Climaxer. Tenpercenter. Coastlander. Skein. We're still feeling zowied. -- Eric Hoyt, 2013
Date Added:
September 14, 2023
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WedneBdmr, Aprfl 13> 1949 23 Britain acclaims a great winner RAVE NOTICES... unanimous FOR HE aiEBi IT sp *'AnatoIe de Grunwald has brought off a particularly grand slam—^'The Queen of Spades' takes all the tricks.^' SUNDAY CHRONICLE *'One of the finest, most imaginative films for many a day-<—'presented with perfect artistry." THE SPECTATOR "Holds one spellbound from start to dark, dramatic finish." » NEW STATESMAN "Combines genuine film art with grip- ping entertainment." THE PEOPLE '"One of the best scripts for years-^ settings and costumes the most beautiful; I can. remember." SUNDAY TIMES "Climax nearly frightened me to death." DAILY SKETCH "A Masterpiece in the high. Romantic tradition." DAILY TELEGRAPH "Rapt enchantment . . . Anatole do Grunwald's production achieves a tour* deforce as complete as the classic short story." THE TATLER "Not since the RED SHOES have we had a British film with/ such imaginative handling as this de Grunwald produc< tion. Sinister theme, beautifully photo- graphed, and with an initial screen per* formance from Edith Evans which is an absolute tour-de-force. An ace pro- duction which is a 'must'." DAILY FILM RENTER ^^A film of rare virtuosity—^faultless sense of period and place." TIME AND TIDE "Terrifying tension and vivid suspense •—vthe photography is adventurous, the cutting imaginative, and the sets start- ling." EVENING STANDARD "Gem among screen thrills." EVENINGS NEWS "Superb box-office." SUNDAY CHRONICLE "Edith Evans, one of the great acting sensations of the year." B.B.C. CRITIC "Anton Walbrook's fine, frenzied per* formance uncannily suggests his insane obsession in aii atmosphere f»f 'greed, fear and the unseen." LONDON STAR "Superb screen material^how the ro- mantic, sinister theme thrills." NEW STATESMAN "Prophesy farthest heights of stardom for Miss Yvonne Mitchell — recalls Garbo." THE TATLER ^ ^'This film achieves something tbat has not been seen on the screen for more than 20 years. The perfect dialogue, the superb cast, .the thrilling story of romance and terror, of beauty and magic welded Into a totally satisfactory whole." B.B.C. RADIO CRITIC ~~~~~ ^nioubted1y~~ — BRITAIN'S 1949 CANDIDATE FOR TOP FILM HONOURS ANATOLE DE GRUNWALD'S production of THE QUEEN OF SPADES starring ANTON WALBROOK (Star of Red Shoes) Dirtctcd by: THOROLD DICKINSON EDITH EVANS (First Lady of the English Stag* in h»r triumphant film debvt) Settings and eottumcs designed by: OLIVER MESSEL