Variety (May 1946)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
May 1946
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (May 1946)
Leaf #:
000187
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Early Cinema, Theatre and Vaudeville, and Hollywood Studio System
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 15, 1946 Mr. Albert Edward (Eddie) Condon is the acknowledged spiritual leader of a group of "barefoot" musicians who play music that is part Dixieland and part Chicago. That's another way of saying that it is always loud, usually exciting, occasionally recognizable. For years Condon struggled to get an audience for his music; today i people can't get enough of it. His records ranked first on all soldier radio hit parades last year. In an illuminating article in today's Post, Robert Sylvester tejls how Eddie started from scratch— even without scratch—and wound up leading his Mob into hallowed Carnegie Hall. You'll enjoy The Barefoot Boy and His Band. ON THE BEAM. // you waU to in tune with ihe entertainment world, you can't afford to miss a single issue of the POST. Week after week, top writers give you the low- downonwho's who and what's doing in mostc, radio, television, the theater and movies.