Variety (August 1956)

Page scan 000136 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
August 1956
Publisher:
Variety Inc.
Volume:
Variety (August 1956)
Leaf #:
000136
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Theatre and Vaudeville, 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:
September 29, 2022
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Wednesday, August 15, l q 56 JsStelETY 9 I have seen the completed film of WAR AND PEACE and I am happy to tell the motion picture industry sincerely that in all my long experience in show business, I honestly can think of only four or five other pictures qualified to rank with it. WAR AND PEACE has never been excelled in its magnitude of scope, its timely epic theme, its spectacular drama of colorful nations embattled in war and enmeshed in the romance, tragedy and comedy of peace, the gripping private lives of the appealing leading characters, the wonderful performance of all the inspired players, the magnificent quality of its production, direction and breath¬ taking Technicolor VistaVision photography. To its gifted stars—Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, Herbert Lom, Oscar Homolka, John Mills and the rest—I take off my Hat. To its dauntless producer, Dino DeLaurentiis, and director. King Vidor, and all the other production tjalent who created this masterpiece, I extend my warmest c ongratulations. T am proud of our industry for this achievement and proud that Paramount is privileged to distribute WAR AND PEACE to the int e rnational screen.