Variety Time

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Variety Time
Directed byHal Yates
Screenplay byHal Law
Hal Yates
Leo Solomon
Joseph Quillan
Produced byGeorge Bilson
StarringJack Paar
CinematographyRobert de Grasse
Vincent J. Farrar
George Diskant
Edited byLes Millbrook
Edward W. Williams
Music byConstantin Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Release date
  • August 21, 1948 (1948-08-21) (US)[1]
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Variety Time is a 1948 American variety film directed by Hal Yates. The film is a composite of two film shorts interspersed with routines by future Tonight Show host Jack Paar and musical numbers lifted from various RKO productions. The screenplay was written in parts by several different writers: Hal Law, Hal Yates, Leo Solomon, and Joseph Quillan. Aside from Paar, the film also stars Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol, each in one of the film shorts.

References

  1. ^ "Variety Time: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.