Variety (August 1915)

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Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
August 1915
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (August 1915)
Leaf #:
0001
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Theatre and Vaudeville
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 BERT FITZGIBBONS IS A KEITH HIT Direction, FRANK EVANS Bert Fitzgibbons, the nonsensical comedian, is the bright spot of the bill at Keith's Theatre this week. Fitzgibbons has a style that is to- tally unlike any other comedian on the stage, and his latest original fooling is about the most humorous in which he has ever indulged. Fitzgibbons has no voice, no particu- lar style of comedy—he is just nat- urally funny and his reception at the matinee yesterday afternoon before, during and after his act, was of the solid sort, which spells success. His ludicrous method of singing is not the least part of his "nut" comedy work. This really clever comedian is a master wit and one of the most pleasing entertainers who has been seen at Keith's. He is surely entitled to the headline position on the bill. Fitzgibbons, however, hardly needs his "song plugger of Bom Bom Bay" to establish his success. „ —Atlantic City "Press/' July 27. i • ■ i AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CASEY AGENCY Will Be in Chicago Week of Aug. 9th < . WANTED New Acts and New Ideas of All Descriptions for Guaranteed Bookings Acts Playing in Chicago Week of August 9th, Write or Wire (do not phone) name of theatre and sched- ule act is " ON." Hotel Sherman, Chicago, August 9th to August 14th