Variety (December 1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
December 1954
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (December 1954)
Leaf #:
000234
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
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:
August 29, 2022
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“The Year’s TOP HONORS will go to Wednesday, December 22, 1954 * The Word is Flashing across America from the Most Famous Typewriters Reporting Pictures! "George Seaton and crew may get trampled in stampede of Oscars in direction of 'The Country Girl ' . " -ALTON COOK, New York World-Telegram "Crosby hailed for top male per- formance of year. Grace Kelly gives best female performance of year . " -FRANK QUINN, Daily Mirror * * * "One of the fine, forceful pic- tures of the year. Mr. Seaton wrote and directed it with a hand as firm as iron." -BOSLEY CROWTHER, Now York Timet # * * "May win Bing another Oscar! " * * * —LIFE MAGAZINE "Until I saw this picture, I thought (another actor) would walk off with the Academy Award. Now he'll have to beat Mr. Crosby. " -sheilah graham, arc-tv * * * "Highest Rating!" —KATE CAMERON, Doily Newt * * * "Crosby may very well win an Oscar.. .one of the most compel- ling movies of the year." —LEO MISHKIN, Morning Telegraph * # * * * * "Sure to be one of the most talked about pictures, one of year's best." , —rose pelswick, N. Y. Journal-American * * * "Don't miss 'The Country Girl'— a 4-0scar filming." —FRANK FARRELL, Scripps Howard Columnist * * * "Crosby gives performance of a lifetime. Holden hurtles thru the film in staccato fashion." -OTIS L. GUERNSEY, Jr., N .Y. Herald Tribune * * * "Excellent! Exciting . . . when performers break their personal sound-and-sight barriers while you watch. " -archer winsten, n. y. p 0 u # * * '"The Country Girl' will knock you right out of your theatre seat." -LOUELLA O. PARSONS * * * "A likely Oscars!" competitor for —JANE CORBY, Brooklyn Eagle "The dramatic thunderbolt of the year!" -look magazine PARAMOUNT presents BINC GRACE WILLIAM a pt.Ri.BERC-skATuN P-du CROSBY KELLY HOLDEN THE COUNTRY GIRL 'r .d iced tn WILLIAM PLRLBLRG • Wr.tte- 'or 1 if - 1 >R(TL SLATON ♦ h « ^ •, ( i ♦ | * r rj • i »