Variety (Jan 1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Jan 1949
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (January 1949)
Leaf #:
000107
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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108 FoHytMrd P^^IETY Anniversary WedneaUny, January 5, 1949 PHILCO The Leader in radio advertising, says... BING CROSBY, America's favorite singing personality, turns Philco salesman every week on star-studded "PAifco Radio Time". And a host of famous names from show busi- ness appear as Bing's guests to help him make this a high-ranking program with millions of hsteners . . . and a powerful force in selling Philco radios and radio-phonographs. DON McNeill and the cast of "The Breakfast Club" me co-sponsored by Philco 6 days a week over the coast-to-coast ABC Network. With all the charm that's made their show an outstanding favorite for 16 years, they tell American housewives how to become "queens in their kitchens" with the new Philco Advanced Design Refrigerators and Philco Freezers. BERT LYTELL and Actors' Equity Association join hands Philco to bring television audiences all-time hit play! leading players of Broadway on "Philco Television Playho Here is a new high in television entertainment . . . sliow ness at it best! And it builds plenty of business for Philc ♦Scene from "A Christmas Carol," starring Dennis King, £ here with Dennis, Jr.