Variety (March 1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
March 1959
Publisher:
Variety Inc.
Volume:
Variety (March 1959)
Leaf #:
000130
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:
September 29, 2022
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Wednesday, March 11, 1959 67 Unit Review Home Show, Omaha Omaha, Feb. 8. Rusty Draper, Clyde McCoy Orch (7), Jonl Jayson, Caperettes (8); Omaha City Auditorium, Feb. 4-8, '59. The drawing power of Rusty Draper in these parts is no longer in doubt. A fave at niteries, he re¬ turned to headline the Home Show and packed in a record 65,000 for the five days (10 shows). Old Home Show record was 45,000. And this year’s Auto Show, featuring the McGuire Sisters, attracted a mea¬ gre 8,000 for the same number of days. Draper turns in a socko per¬ formance. The redhead works hard wth his songs and guitar work and has the crowd with him all the way. He uses plenty of new ma¬ terial as well as his usual “Freight Train,” “Whispering Sands,” etc., and goes off to an ovation after a rousing “Saints Go Marching In,” NOW APPEARING: ROOSEVELT HOTEL New Orleans . CURRENT HIT RECORD: Hey Li Lee Li Lee Li b/w The Sun Will Always Shine Mercury Records MONDAY THRU FRIDAY: THE RUSTY DRAPER SHOW CBS RADIO NETWORK Representation: WILLIAM MORRfS AGENCY Public Relation* LEWIN/KAUFMAN/SCHWARTZ Personal Management: FRANK STEMPEL