Variety (May 1941)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
May 1941
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (May 1941)
Leaf #:
000152
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Theatre and Vaudeville, and Early Cinema
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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Wednesday, May 21, 1941 17 it would make a WOODEN INDIAN LAUGH! Take a Tip from me Critics I r WILLIAM POWELL* MYRNA LOY'/n •'LOVE CRAZY" with Gail Patrick. Jack Carson • Florence Bates • Sidney Blackmer • Screen Play by William Ludwig, Charles Lederer and David Herti Directed by Jack Conway • Produced by Pandro S. Herman • An M-G-M Picturi. HOLD-OVERSl "Love Crazy" standout laugh hit. Will roll up hefty biz: In all runs, with key hold-overs indicated. —Varhty BEST YET! Following "Ziegfeld Girl" this one should prove the value of Metro's contract. A cinch for all types of audiences. The best Powell-Loy to date. Not just funny, it's hilarious. — Film Daily TOPI Top box-office team. A hilariously funny offering.'" Loud and long were the laughs at its preview. —Mofion Picturm Daily HYSTERICAL I The audience hysterical with laughter. Adds up to one long howl of merriment. A large-sized hit. Production of top M-G-M quality. — Hollywood Reporter BEAT HEAT I A laughfest that will please in a big way. Tops. Beat the heat in Spring and Summer. — ihowmen't Trade Preview A CINCH! The kind the mob likes, served on a silver platter and a cinch for laughs. Cash customers will buy it and come back for seconds. — Box oHtee HIGH GROSS! Preview audience laughed often and loudly. A high gross of laughs. —/Motion Picture Herald COIN! Heavy laugh payoff. A coin picture because of the names and the content, which is antidotal for the encircling gloom. A sure-fire audience picture. — Daily Variety