Variety (January 12, 1955)

Page scan 00042 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
January 12, 1955
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (January 12, 1955)
Leaf #:
00042
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Theatre and Vaudeville
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 28, 2022
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ednewlay, January 12, 1955 NBC Radio Network TliM nighttime program is on NBC Lux Radio Theatre Hie # 1 daytime program is on NBC Young Widder Brown Nielsen documents it... • NBC’s leadership in radio programming has just been decisively confirmed by the results of the 19th Annual Motion Picture Daily poll of 1500 broadcasting critics and columnists. In this annual sounding of opinion among the men and women whose job it is to judge radio programs, the only two CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS awards and more than half of all FIRSTS were captured by ONE network: NBC RADIO. NBC Radio Network led with two of the three top awards in these categories also: COMEDIANS, COMEDY TEAMS, POPULAR FEMALE VOCALISTS, CLASSICAL VOCALISTS, SPORTSCASTERS, POPULAR ORCHESTRAS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. And NBC Radio Network made a clean sweep of all three top PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS. Last week we told you the audience story. Now the results of the critics’ scoring are in. Yes, NBC Radio is First! The critics confirm it: NBC Radio won in these categories: BEST NETWORK PROGRAM Friday with Garroway (Champion of Champions) BEST PERFORMER Dave Garroway (Champion of Champions) BEST DRAMATIC PROGRAM Lux Radio Theater BEST MYSTERY PROGRAM Dragnet BEST QUIZ PROGRAM You Bet Your Life BEST COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW Grand Ole Opry BEST VARIETY SHOW Friday With Garroway BEST POPULAR ORCHESTRA Guy Lombardo BEST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Meet the Press BEST PUBLIC SERVICE SHOW Meet the Press BEST COMEDY TEAM Fibber McGee & Molly BEST ANNOUNCER George Fenneman BEST MASTER OF CEREMONIES Dave Garroway • BEST POPULAR FEMALE VOCALIST Dinah Shore I RADIO NETWORK