Variety (October 1914)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
October 1914
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (October 1914)
Leaf #:
000105
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 HERE IS THE ACT! A BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION with a GUARANTEE THE GUARANTEE is that if this act doesn't increase the average weekly receipts for this season so far, at least the amount of its salary while in your house, you don't have to pay it any salary. FOUR MARX AND CO. (17 People) In "HOME AGAIN," 38 minutes of laughs Have the records for the Interstate Circuit at Ft. Worth and Dallas. For the first time in its history, the Majestic, Ft. Worth (week Sept. 28), had the S. R. O. sign out for the Saturday matinee, making full capacity every performance, with "Home Again" the featured attraction. Last week at the Majestic, Dallas, took all box office records. (Refer for confirmation, by permission to Mr. Karl Hoblitzelle, general manager of the Interstate, or Miss Cecelia Bloom, its booking manager.) This act is framed as a money-maker for the house, and it's doing the work. It's got to draw, to earn its salary, and it does draw, hence the guarantee. The greatest comedy act in show business, bar none Management, MINNIE PALMER THIS WEEK (OCT. 12), MAJESTIC, HOUSTON