Variety (November 1961)

Page scan 00074 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
November 1961
Publisher:
Variety Inc.
Volume:
Variety (November 1961)
Leaf #:
00074
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. ‘BEN MARSHALL: Vice President Drake Hotel. “An every night smash at the. ‘DRAKE, 1 couldn't get in’ myself}’ IRV KUPCINET: “Comic Henny Youngman may be the reason the Drake Hotel plans to expand’ its Camellia. ‘House by. removing the .two pillars. He’s ‘doing turn-away business. (Beginners luck!) HERB LYON: “One of the all-time greats’ in ~ show business is doing capacity. . business at the Drake.” | TONY WEITZEL: Fantastic -business, every. night is S:R. 0. “with. Youngman | at. bat!" _MAGGIE DALY: One of the maddest evenings in town—Henny Youngman. at the Camellia ‘House. CHARLIE DAWN: Henny is. back for his second” * Jaugh-making stint in the Drake ‘thru Oct. 19. His. ‘supply of stories and one-liners is, as ‘usual, seemingly endless. BENTLEY STEGNER: . ‘Henny Youngman, virtuoso of the rapid-fire scatter-shot -schoot of humor, is back at the -Camellia House in the. Drake | Hotel loaded for. any target that’s.an easy mark. Wearing the ‘turban. he made — his trademark in the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel in New York, he attacks his ‘venerable: violin and jokes of — matching: vintage with equal zest, ‘© SAM LESSNER: Maybe the other comics are Swiping Henny’s material. in the swank Camellia House of the Drake Hotel where Youngman is. performing, not a single quip ‘goes by without Provoking a burst: of laughter. ' | WILL ‘LEONARD: Booking Henny Youngman into. the Camellia -House of the Drake is like booking a rock 'n’ roll show into a session of the United Nations... represented by. ” New York, N.Y. i Material by Danny Shapiro rn