Variety (November 1961)

Page scan 00070 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
November 1961
Publisher:
Variety Inc.
Volume:
Variety (November 1961)
Leaf #:
00070
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Pictures","Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Theatre and Vaudeville
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:
September 29, 2022
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Wednesday, November 1,.1961 _ — | VARIETY : “Swingin’ on the Moon” HONOLULU * INDIANAPOLIS ° VANCOUVER SAM J. LUTZ. AND WILLIAM LOEB PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM GIVEN THEIR CLIENT MEL TORME One of the | greatest names in the U.S. pop music c world. — YORKSHIRE EVENING POST What do you say of a'man who has the entertainment impact of Sinatra, the conviction of Joe Williams, the humor of Sammy Davis, and the vocal value of all three? Maybe you just throw out all the comparisons and sum it up more optly: he has the talent of Torme., ‘— Leonard Feather, DOWN BEAT One of the most musicianly and fechnically perfect song stylists in the world today. Mel is an entertainer in the widest-sense of the term, and he is both jack and master of many trades relating to shaw business. — Britain, NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS i am convinced he is one of the world’s most masterly performers. — Jack Bentley, SUNDAY PICTORIAL, London Would easily be voted the teenage ‘idol most liked by the older generation. — Birmingham, EVENING DISPATCH With Mel Torme communication with the audience becomes & living, multidimensional thing. A skillful, improvised blend of sophistication, wit and sheer artistic singing that stimulates the hipster while it delights the hamster. 1 ~ Mike Nevard, DANY HERALD, London Words don’t seem strong enough to praise the talents of this entertainer. Words cannot describe the warm feeling which builds continuously as you listen and watch and wonder. —Jimmy Watson, RECORD & SHOW MIRROR, London What an incredible man is Mel: ‘Torme! This highly individualistic American entertainer: makes. his only British provincial appearance: in the special Bank Holiday bill at the Coventry Theatre — and proves that fhe rest of the country ‘is missing a rare treat. His control, his phrasing and his harmonic variations are orchestral feats in. themselves, | — BIRMINGHAM MAIL ON NOVEMBER 7 TORME WILL PROUDLY MAKE HIS THIRD ‘APPEARANCE OF THIS SEASON ON THE GARRY MOORE SHOW. ‘8. Major. Films. SUPPER CLUBS 23 Major television ENGLAND + SWEDEN | ‘appearances DAYTON * NEW YORK 3 televisionspecials / 7 NEW JERSEY * MILWAUKEE _ M.G.M.Records— / ,’ TORONTO ° RENO * PORTLAND Latest release, ES SAN FRANCISCO * NEWPORT ° MIAMI 7