Variety (March 1959)

Page scan 00052 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
March 1959
Publisher:
Variety Inc.
Volume:
Variety (March 1959)
Leaf #:
00052
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:
September 29, 2022
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

Wednesday, March 4, 1959 53 CANADA’S SPECTACULAR NEW THEATRE THE 7l6W HEART CANADIAN “SHOW BUSINESS”! CENTRE for the performing arts PLAN NOW FOR BIGGER AUDIENCES! TOP PUBLICITY I Make tfie new O'Keefe Centre part of. your theatrical plans for 1960! Construction is now well under Way on this fabulous new theatre in the hub of booming, prosperous Ontario! It's destined to be one of the great showplaces of North America. THE HUB OF ONTARIO Toronto is the 6th largest marketin North America ... one of the continent's most "show-minded" cities . . . with a hungry appetite for drama, musical comedy, variety, music, opera and all forms of liv» entertainment! This is truly CAN/.DA'S HEART OF SHOW BUSINESS. rytli 3,200 SEATS 1 When The 0 , Keefe t Centre opens in early I960, it will offer a 3,200 seat theatre, with no seat more than 124 feet from the stage! All seats will be specially designed for the utmost comfort and- visibility—many will be equipped with hearing aids. Acoustical facilities will be unexcelled any¬ where in North America—to provide the finest production of every form of entertainment, from musical comedy to opera. LARGEST STAGE IN CANADAI The stage floor will be across 128' of the building. Acting area framed by the proscenium can be reduced from 60' width to 36' when needed. Proscenium Is adjustable to these same widths, • with a maximum opening 30' high. Mechanically- elevated 50-piece orchestra pit... radio and TV control rooms . . . stage-site rehearsal studfa ... largest lounge areas in North America. There will be 8 star dressing rooms, other rooms to accommodate up to 100 people!