Green was born in New York, the son of Seymour A. Green and Berta Raines. By 1925 he penned a column in the music section headed "Abel's Comment". Later, in 1928 he wrote a weekly column in
Variety called "Around New York" and one called "Radio Rambles". After Silverman died in 1933, Green took over as editor of
Variety. in his obituary,
Time said that if
Variety was the
Bible of show business, then Green "was its
King James". In 1951, Green collaborated with
Joe Laurie Jr. on
Show Biz: From Vaude to Video, a history of show business. He also edited
The Spice of Variety in 1952, a compilation of
Variety articles. Green co-wrote the 1933 film
Mr. Broadway with
Ed Sullivan. ==Bibliography==