Variety (Sep 1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Sep 1928
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (September 1928)
Leaf #:
00018
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, 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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18 VARIETY Wednesday, September 5, 1928 NO MORE GAMBLING! Tiianks to M-G'M! We stabilized Success^ Year after year! No worries^ No unknown quantities^ Your theatre invest^ ment safe. Once an G 'M exhib* itor, always an M-G-M (exhibitor J Because M^G^M is tke consistent hit-maker^ Because M^G-M has the stars, the Gilberts, Garbos, Chaneys, Shearers, No* varros, etc^ Because M-G-M js^^ t^^ Pep and Power of this industry! M*G-M IS OFF TO A FLYING START! September Releases Click! WILLIAM HAINES EXCESS BAGGAGE (sound or silffnt) LOS ANGELES: At the State Theatre; Idads entire town. Smashing sticc&ss! SAN FRANCISCO: At Warfield a sensa- tion, leading entire town. Same story in SEATTLE and PORTLAND,' OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS with JOAN CRAWFORDl (sound or silent) Syracuse; At State Theatre did biggest business of months. Packed them in at COLUMBUS, AKRON, CLEVELAND. LON CHANEY WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (sound or silent) At Enthusiastic preview, it is hailed as the greatest Chaney picture since ''Unholy Three." -G-M RELEASING ONE BIG HIT AFTER ANOTHER What a succession of knockouts! M-G-M nei'cr stops. "MYSTERIOUS lADY" (Garbo) "FOUR WALLS" (Gilbert) each held 2 weeks at Capitol,' N. v., and repeating everywhere. 'TELL/NG THE WOULD" (Haines) "COSSACKS" (Gilbert) ccn-' iimejhdrd^ '' <Davies) arwtiier riotl }>4-(7'W n^ season—the talk of the Indtistry.