Variety (December 1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
December 1954
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (December 1954)
Leaf #:
000232
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
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, December 22, 1954 ^ -- BOX-OFFICE KISSES! From Veep In 'DEEP IN MY HEART Biggest 1st Week Gross of Any Xmas Picture in Music Hall History! {Nationwide tip-off: Paul Hochuli of Houston Press has revised his 10 BEST list to include it! Watch for more!) THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS" Great Business Coast-to-Coast! BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK" Audience Preview Sensational! "BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK” (January) (CinemaScope—Color) • starring Spencer Tracy . Robert Ryan co-starring Anne Francis • Dean Jagger • Walter Brennan . John Ericson • Ernest Borgnine • Lee Marvin . Russell Collins "GREEN FIRE” (January) (CinemaScope—Color) • starring Stewart Granger . Grace Kelly Paul Douglas • co-starring John Ericson • with Murvyn Vye "MANY RIVERS TO CROSS” ( February ) (CinemaScope—Color) • starring Robert Taylor • Eleanor Parker with Victor McLaglen • Russ Tamblyn • Jeff Richards • James Arness "JUPITER’S DARLING” (February) (CinemaScope—Color) • starring Esther Williams • Howard Keel Marge and Gower Champion • George Sanders • with Richard Haydn • William Demarest "HIT THE DECK” (March) (CinemaScope—Color) • starring Jane Powell • Tony Martin Debbie Reynolds .Walter Pidgeon • Vic Damone • Gene Raymond Ann Miller, . Russ Tamblyn • with Kay Armen . J. Carrol Naish Richard Anderson • Jane Darwell "INTERRUPTED MELODY” (March) (CinemaScope—Color) . starring Glenn Ford • Eleanor Parker with Roger Moore • Cecil Kellaway "THE GLASS SLIPPER” (April) (Color) • starring Leslie Caron • Michael Wilding . with Keenan Wynn • Estelle Win wood • Elsa Lanchester • Barry Jones JUST A FEW OF M-G-M's CELEBRA- TION RELEASES! ask your Branch for other line films available! "BEDEVILLED” (April) (CintmaScopt-Color) starring Anne Baxter* Steve Forrest, with Simone Renant * Maurice Teynac • Robert Christopher • Joseph Tomelty and Victor Francen