J.F.K.

To commemorate the 25-year anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Daily Variety reprinted on Tuesday the entire four-page issue of the paper it printed on Nov. 25, 1963, reporting on the reaction of the entertainment industry to the President’s death. The issue ran with the banner headline “ALL SHOWBIZ MOURNS KENNEDY” and a lengthy obituary that concluded with “ . . . Hollywood has suffered . . . an acutely personal loss in the martyrdom of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Today the show doesn’t go on in Hollywood. Studios are closed in tribute to the memory of a noble first citizen and friend.” Articles in the issue included those on changes in television programming, the effect on New York and Los Angeles theater box offices, the TV network’s $30-million coverage of the tragedy, and the 14-point drop in entertainment stocks.