Variety (Oct 1928)

Page scan 000118 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Oct 1928
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (October 1928)
Leaf #:
000118
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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Wednesday, October 10, 1928 VARIETY 55 in the Grill Room of Hotel Pennsylvania, N. Y, Dinner and Supper Dancing Enjoyed your band immensely, and you should be proud of it. It is one of the best I ever heard." * -— Irving Berlin. "I knew we*d made no mistake as soon as I'd heard the first few minutes of your Monday rehearsal." — L. A. Molon^, Manager, Hold Perms^lvania. "Whenever I want ,to hear good dance music, I'm sure to go where Phil is. His new band is the best ever." — L. K. Sidney. **I thought you'were giving us the best in the* country, but you sound better to me at the hotel than you did on our stages." — Moe Silver. " This tough first-night audience voted Spitalny's dansapation satisfactory . . . the brass scintillating particuliarly." •^Abel Green, in *'Variety.*' "One thing about Phil's music is that you can't mistake it for anybody else's. And if there's any better than he's playing right now, I don't know where it is." ■ -Moc Mark. "Out of the 'near-west' comes a real band . . it has the subtleties and delicacies that appeal to the dance lover." — David Casern, "Evening Telegram.*' i Grateful Acknowledgments to Many Friends