[DOC] [TLE] Variety's Scribes: Wordplay Wizards - latimes [PAR] Aug 23, 1998 ... The showbiz trade paper has specialized in sly headlines and nifty words ... And 
after all, what is showbiz (another term coined by Variety) without a little ... the 
vintage "Sticks Nix Hick Pix," an arcane 1935 headline that accompanied a ... by 
Sime Silverman, the vivid language reflected its vaudevillian roots. [DOC] [TLE] Box Office Boffo - Page 2 - latimes [PAR] Oct 1, 2000 ... Variety, the legendary show business trade paper, brought out the ardor in ... and 
"An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. ... from Runyon: "
Sime" for Silverman; "Ibee" for theatrical reporter Jack ... and STICKS NIX HICK 
PIX for the Farm Belt's distaste for westerns and rural-themed films. [DOC] [TLE] BUSINESS PEOPLE - Family to Stay On After Variety Sale ... [PAR] Jul 15, 1987 ... LEAD: Syd Silverman was busy yesterday putting Weekly Variety to bed at ... Mr. 
Silverman's proper titles are executive editor and publisher of Weekly Variety, 
based ... show business since Mr. Silverman's grandfather, Sime Silverman, ... ''
Wall Street Lays an Egg'' in 1929 and ''Sticks Nix Hick Pix'' in 1935. [DOC] [TLE] Variety (magazine) - Wikipedia [PAR] Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned 
by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York in 
1905 as a weekly; in 1933 ... In March 2013, Variety owner Jay Penske appointed 
three co-editors to oversee different parts of the .... "Sticks nix hick pix". Variety. [DOC] [TLE] Do you speak showbiz? - The Boston Globe - Boston.com [PAR] Feb 27, 2005 ... The legendary Hollywood trade newspaper - which celebrates its ... Shaw was 
hardly the only one to be wowed (a Variety-coined verb). ... Launched in 1905 by 
a bow-tie-wearing journalist named Sime Silverman, Variety in its early ... of 
seminal editors (like Abel Green, credited with ''Sticks Nix Hick Pix''). [DOC] [TLE] Media quotations from the Press [PAR] Nov 30, 2013 ... headline in Variety, 30 October 1929, above a story about the stock market crash; 
probably written by editor-publisher Sime Silverman (1973-1933). Hicks Nix Hick 
Pix Sticks Nix Hick Pix. ... UK trade paper The Cinema, March 1939, commenting 
on experiments to ... Kinematograph Weekly, 26 October 1939. [DOC] [TLE] Journo's Boffo Lingo: The Slang of Daily Variety ... - Wordorigins.org [PAR] Those who for the first time open up Daily Variety, the trade paper of Hollywood ... 
Variety began publication in 1905, founded by Simon J. Sime Silverman, ... 
Sticks Nix Hick Pix, a headline for an article about rural audiences rejecting a 
film... [DOC] [TLE] Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix [PAR] Mar 19, 2010 ... The public may subscribe to this paper which features a daily transcript of the 
activities of Congress. Reply  ... Sime Silverman, editor of this weekly trade 
paper, coined the headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix". Reply . [DOC] [TLE] Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph from Colorado Springs ... [PAR] Mar 17, 1977 ... In 1905, Silverman started Variety, the weekly trade paper covering ... films with 
small town settings, the headline read: Sticks Nix Hick Pix. ... For 40 years, from 
the day in 1 9 3 3 that Sime Silverman pointed to his own desk and said, "You sit 
here. Abel," until Green's death in 1973, Green was the editor and... [DOC] [TLE] PressReader - Los Angeles Times: 2012-10-10 - Variety, hurt by ... [PAR] Oct 10, 2012 ... An article about Internet piracy had the headline Cybergeek Leaks Freak Pic Biz. 
... buffeted by the same forces that have affected the newspaper industry  a 
drop ... bought it from descendants of founder Sime Silverman in 1987 for ... the 
former producer and studio executive who was Variety's editor from

Question: Sime Silverman, editor of this weekly trade paper, coined the headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"
Answer: Variety