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Variety Film Reviews
is the 24-volume hardcover reprint of feature film reviews by the weekly entertainment tabloid-size magazine
Variety
from 1907 to 1996. Film reviews continued to be published in the weekly magazine after the reprints were discontinued.
Original series
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From 1983 to 1985,
Garland Publishing
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Garland is now wholly owned by
Routledge
, which has since been purchased by Taylor & Francis.
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Their first 15 volumes consisted of review reprints. Their 16th volume is an alphabetical index of more than 50,000 titles. Perhaps 10% are alternate titles and original foreign titles, so 45,000 review reprints is a realistic estimate for the first 15 volumes.
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Bi-annual supplements
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The eight additional bi-annual volumes (for 1981?1996) have at least 15,000 additional reprinted film reviews, making an estimated total of 60,000 or more film reviews in the 24-volume series. Volume 18 has the title index for 1981?1984. Each subsequent volume includes its own title index.
Edition binding
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The 19 volumes published by Garland are bound in green (
Variety'
s traditional color) cloth with gold stamping. Each book measures 31.2 cm. (12¼ inches) high by 24 cm. (9¼ inches) wide.
Subsequent publisher
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Garland's rights expired after publication of Volume 19, and publication rights were acquired by
R.R. Bowker
, then owned by
Reed International
, which also owned
Variety
. Bowker undertook a complete reprint of Volumes 1 through 19, changing the title page of each volume to reflect their own imprint, and changing the series name to
Variety's Film Reviews
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The re-titled series was bound in brown Kivar, or a similar imitation leather binding material. Bowker published the original editions of Volumes 20 through 24 before discontinuing the series.
Alternate binding
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Some copies of Volumes 20 through 24 are bound in green cloth with gold stamping similar to the original Garland editions. Apparently Bowker allowed a distributor that bought the Garland inventory of
Variety Film Reviews
to bind post-1986 volumes to match the earlier books.
Volumes and years covered
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Other reprints of film reviews
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Variety
is one of the three English-language periodicals with 10,000 or more film reviews reprinted in book form. The other two are
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