Abel Green (June 3, 1900 – May 10, 1973) was an American journalist best known as the editor of Variety for forty years.
The first time his signature appeared in Variety was in the May 30, 1919, issue, when he reviewed the film Playthings of Passion, signing it "Abel".
[2] By 1925 he penned a column in the music section headed "Abel's Comment".
[1] Green was responsible for the creation of much of Variety's characteristic jargon, including the 1935 headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix";[4] in his obituary, Time said that if Variety was the Bible of show business, then Green "was its King James".
[6] He died of a heart attack at his home at 55 Central Park West.