Variety (Feb 1934)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Feb 1934
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (February 1934)
Leaf #:
00015
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Theatre and Vaudeville
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:
August 29, 2022
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16 VARIETY It takes healthy throatis to sing such ecstatic praise as this for Paul Muni in "Hi, KeUie!" And good old Smith Brothers will get these talented Itaarynxes back in shape in plenty of time for plenty more raves for Robinson in "Dark Hazard/' Kay Francis in "Mandalay/* Blondell and O'Brien in *Tve Got Your Number," "Wonder Bar," and "As The Earth Turns-" REGINA CREWE in N. Y. AMERICAN- **Wuxtry! Wuxtry! There's a good picture on Broadway! Vivid as this morning's headlines. What a show Muni s^yes! A pretty mixture of comedy and melodrama^ with one sujpplementing the other in fast« actionful sequences building excitingly to a slam-bang climax. You eliminate all gamble by seeking screen fun at the Strand." WANDA HALE in DAILY NEWS- '•*A treat for Paul Muni fans. Holds your interest to the fade* put. 'Hi, Nellie' is swell entertainment." BLAND JOHANESON in DAILY MIRROR- **Hilarious comedy. Splendidly acted. Fun and excitement aplenty. Will j&ntertain anybody." tlLEEN CREELMAN in EVENING SUN- '*Tbe Warners, those masters of melodrama, have turned out another of their rapid-fire, high pressure yarns and registered another sure hit. An hilarious galloping comedy." WILLIAM BOEHNEL in WORLD-TELEGRAM- **pne of the best. A rollicking and exciting frolic. A lusty spoof as well as an exciting melodrama. Fast and divertiiig amusement. Muni turns in a grand performance." MORDAUNT HALL in H. Y. TIMESr **A series of melodramatic fireworks. W\\y undoubtedly prove entertaiiiitig." ETAION SHRDLU in FILM DAILY^ "Swell perfo^ance by I^aul Muni and ace direction by Meryyn LeROy. Entertainment that should be box-office anywhere. Refreshingly different from most of his previ- ous roles. He'll be liked in it." AL SHERMAN in MORNING TELEGRAPH- "*Hi, Nellie,' hurrah for Paul Muni! are Broadway's new ciatch phraees. To say more is merely to heap praise upon praise. *Hi, Nellie' is a$ superior to its predecessor as an Al Jolson is to any of his many imitators."