Variety (Aug 1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Aug 1928
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (August 1928)
Leaf #:
000301
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Vaudeville,Theatr
Collection:
Early Cinema, Theatre and Vaudeville, and Hollywood Studio System
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:
March 14, 2024
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14 VARIETY Wednesday, August 29, 1928 SPEAKERS "Our Dancing Daughters' with ravishing Joan Crawford makes b,o. his- tory in Syracuse, Baltimore, etc. Sound or silent it's the loud speaker for Septem- ' ber! William Haines in '^Excess Baggage*' takes State Theatre, Los Angeles,like a tornado. Sound or silent, it's the big noise of '28-'29! "Two Tars*' the Laurel'Hardy wow is the only 2-reel comedy to play at $2. And what a gold mine at the Embassy, N.Y. You'll go nuts about it! The outstanding business is being done by M-G'M. "Mysterious Lady" (Garbo) "Four Walls"<Gilbert) each held over 2 weeks at Capitol. Marion Davies in "Card- board Lover" another riot! Hot damn! M-G^M Hal Roach comedies for new season greater than ever. Plus sound! M-G-M Movietone News in preparation. Laugh those off! The industry marvels at M*G-M sound progress* Sound studios East and West. Broadway's biggest acts in M-G-M Movietone Shorts and features in sound all set to go! THE LION ROARS ! METRO-GOLDWYN-MAY