Variety (Mar 1936)

Page scan 00011 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Mar 1936
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (March 1936)
Leaf #:
00011
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:
March 28, 2024
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12 VARIETY Wednesday, March 4, 1934 HE STANDS ALONE AS THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER OF MODERN TIMES! >V4 The cinema's first immortal returns! f^-'N. V. Herald-Tribune The funniest picture in years , . . Chaplin still supreme. My only advice is to see the film and laugh yourself sick. — N. V. World.Telegram Highest rating EXCELLENT. It is Chaplin at his best...the season's motion picture event. — N.y. p 0 st Time has not changed his geni —N.y.T/ o4fter smashing every record in the history of the Rivoli Theatre since it was built, "Modern Times"... now in its 5th smashing week•.. continues to play to S.R.O. audiences. Every house playing this box-office phenomenon has been forced to hold over indefinitely because of eager, Chaplin-hungry, crowds storming thea- tres for a long-awaited and joyous fun fest with the world's matchless comedian! The picture of which it can truly be said... THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FORI in Written, directed and produced by Charles Chaplin Released thru UNITED ARTISTS