Variety (Nov 1928)

Page scan 000156 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
Nov 1928
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (November 1928)
Leaf #:
000156
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:
January 18, 2024
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Wednesday, November 21, 1928 VARIETY 29 Picked by Photoplay .1 Tte Best Pictures, of tlie Montli FOUR DEVILS THE DIVINE LADY THE. HOME TOWNERS MANHATTAN COCKTAIL THe Best Performances of the Montii Janet Gaynor in *Tour Devils" Jack Gilbert in ''Masks of the Deyil" Richard Bennett in **The Home Towners** Robert Armstrong in *TSIed McCobVs Daughter" Ian Keith in ''Street of Illusion" William Powell in"Interference" Doris Keiiyon in "Interference" THE SPIELER—Pathe HERE is carnival life "as is" presentccliJy Renee Adoree who really began her career as a circus child. Nb frills, no artificialities. Grim realism, crude comedy and the stark tragedy of the wagon shows. Keep your eye on Tay Gar- ' nett. He^s a promising young director who knows his char- acterization. He has registered the carnival atmosphere and he makes you hungry for peanuts and pink lemonade. The. story 4eals witii a crpokcd spieler who goes straight ^ vvheBi he falls in love with the Iddv who owns Oie^show. ITe^ breaks the neck of one crook and the grip of others who try to steal control of the carnivah Alan-Hale is an excellent spieler, Adoree is restrained and realistic as the sKow owner and Fred Kohler gives a picture of brutality that will be hard to excel. Clyde Cook cops watches and walks a'tightrope. There's lots of laughs with a dramatic punch. See it. The Box-Off ice 'Sleeper' you've been waiting for! The greatest melodrama of carnival life ever produced, and your chance to cash in on; the biggest picture of the year. Box-Office Natural S.R.O. tagged WMmm setiSciAiOnal IblilS AND JplQ^ I MomberB of Motion Picture. Proaucer. ..nd Distributor, .t Amcrlca-WIM. H, TT^Y.. rr...„...nt