Variety (Oct 1927)

Page scan 000250 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Oct 1927
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (October 1927)
Leaf #:
000250
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, 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:
August 29, 2022
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Wednesday, October 19, 1927 WORDS are inadequate to express our feelings on the passing of Marcus Loew. The greatest tribute that can be paid to any man is to say that through success and wealth he remained unspoiled the same sweet per- sonality we knew during his struggles.and we can say all that of Marcus Loew. No man can point to greater achievement than he, and the business he has built will live forever as a monument for the entire industry to be eternally proud of. To pay tribute to his memory and his work is a most difficult task, for any attempt to express the emotions of the heart makes the tongue dumb. Marcus Loew's activities stand out in a brilliant array. He found the field fertile for his organizing genius. He blazed a pathway for the uplift and development of the theatre industry, not only in the city, state and nation, but throughout the world. His name is synonymous with progress wherever the word "theatre" is known. He will be remembered for a forward looking, con- structive influence that permeated the theatre—the entire motion picture industry. His memory will long endure. His passing will leave a void that never can be fille'd. It is with heavy heart that we pay our tribute of respect. WEST COAST THEATRES, INC. ——