Post by snsurone on Mar 29, 2020 0:59:02 GMT
There was the main feature, the second feature (usually a B-picture or programmer), a newsreel, a cartoon, a travelogue, and perhaps other items.
Well, that's all gone now.
The availability of television in post-WWII America was a costly blow to the movie industry.
Sacrifices had to be made, and major studios were forced to close down their departments that made short films, animation, etc.
Eventually, the studios were forced to sell much of their output to TV, particularly the cheap programmer Westerns and cartoons that made for the Saturday matinee kiddie trade.
And studios themselves were taken over by major business corporations.
And then--movies were released first on videotape, then on DVD, and then via streaming and Netflix.
IMHO, the movie theater will eventually go the way of the dinosaur!
Whatever became of Radio City Music Hall, the premiere cinema emporium?
Is anyone else here old enough to remember the ways films were shown in theaters?
Well, that's all gone now.
The availability of television in post-WWII America was a costly blow to the movie industry.
Sacrifices had to be made, and major studios were forced to close down their departments that made short films, animation, etc.
Eventually, the studios were forced to sell much of their output to TV, particularly the cheap programmer Westerns and cartoons that made for the Saturday matinee kiddie trade.
And studios themselves were taken over by major business corporations.
And then--movies were released first on videotape, then on DVD, and then via streaming and Netflix.
IMHO, the movie theater will eventually go the way of the dinosaur!
Whatever became of Radio City Music Hall, the premiere cinema emporium?
Is anyone else here old enough to remember the ways films were shown in theaters?