Variety (December 1912)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
December 1912
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (December 1912)
Leaf #:
000278
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Communication Arts
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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VARIETY 201 Blanche Merrill WROTE EVA TANG UAY'S a<ft of last season including "THE TANGUAY RAG," "I CAN'T KEEP IT," "GIVE AN IMITATION OF ME," "MONEY," "THEY THINK I AM A CRANK ON AND OFF," "IT'S FUNNY WHAT A SUIT OF CLOTHES WILL DO." EVA TANGUAY'S acft for present season 1912-1913, including "THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M BACK IN VAUDE- VILLE." ("In That's the Reason Why I'm Back in V audeville,"Miss Tanguay seems to have a fitting successor to her I Don't Care."— WYNN in VARIETY, Chicago, Nov. 29.) "I'M LUCKY TO GET,? BY," "DO YOU KNOW A LONESOME; FELLOW WHO IS LOOKING FOR A LONESOME LITTLE GIRL?" "THE TANGUAY TANGLE" and "BLUFF" (recitation). For LILLIAN SHAW "I GOT A ROCK," "I LOOK LIKE THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, ALL FADED AWAY" ("baby carriage" number), and two new songs, "THEY THINK I'M FRIVOLOUS BECAUSE I'M FRENCH" and "RUB, RUB, RUB." For JESSE L. LASKY The lyrics for the numbers in "THE TRAINED NURSES," including "WE'VE HAD A LOVELY TIME, SO LONG, GOOD BYE," "HUMPTY DUMPTY," "KISS, KISS, KISS," "I CAN'T BE TRUE TO ONE LITTLE GIRL." For LOUISE DRESSER The lyrics for "MY HEAVENLY MAN/' now being sung at the Winter Ciarden, New York; also some new numbers for Miss Dresser. BLANCHE MERRILL will consider proposals to furnish exclusive material for the Profession. BLANCHE MERRILL may be addressed care CHAS. K. HARRIS, Columbia Theatre Bufldin * New York City WK*n antMrtng advertisements kindly mention TARIBTT.