Variety (March 1920)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
March 1920
Publisher:
Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (March 1920)
Leaf #:
0001
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Q. David Bowers and Kathryn Fuller-Seeley
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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■ .••'■• . ■ ■ VARIETY ':' The New York Press Unanimously Acclaim _ A NEW HEADLINER A Veritable Riot of Applause and Laughter at PALACE, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK A Triumph of Artistry, Comedy and Entertainment arch • \ - : in "PIANOFLAGE" "Telegraph": r "HERSCHEL HEN- LERE IS FUNNY— bright talk for every tune — a great hit- vociferous demand for him to continue." NEW YORK "AMERICAN"— "Performance at Palace Makes Herschel Meniere Herschel Henlere and his piano and Sophie Tucker create more enthusiasm this week than has been let loose at the Palace in many a day. It looked like a hard spot for Miss Tucker when the audience suc- ceeded in getting lowered the curtain that had been raised for her act, to pay further tribute to Henlere. Henlere had no sooner appeared when; it became evident the Palace had "made" an- other headline*, and on his first appearance there, too. Only an artist could play as Hen- lere did. Seldom is such an ovation given at the Palace, where many are acclaimed, as was accorded Henlere. ;; i . :■. ■ ■. . . : ■". '.*• .-*■■'-'. "Morning World": "Herschel He nlere's act, "Pianoflage," could aptly be billed as THE HEADLINER." Sole Direction, MAX HART