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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 4, 2017 1:01:06 GMT
Note: only feature films are included. There were also some shorts shown, but looking them up would be too much work (note: "Movie Museum", which consisted of silent shorts, was on the schedule during this period, as were various then-recent British-produced non-fiction shorts). There were three stations in the city at the time. GTV-9 and HSV-7 are commercials stations, while ABV-2 is a non-commercial station. I am the only living person who refers to the stations by their call-signs (which they stopped using over-the-air years ago). Unfortunately, some of these films (including all of the Roy Rogers ones) were shown in edited form. GTV-9 Pals of the Saddle (1938) The Drum (1938) Home in Oklahoma (1946) That Hamilton Woman (1941) Westward Ho (19??), most likely Westward Ho (1935) Song of Nevada (1944) King of the Pecos (1936) The Ranger and the Lady (1940) The Small Back Room (1949) Winds of the Wasteland (1936) Victoria the Great (1937) Don't Fence Me In (1945) Riders of the Rio Grande (1943) Guest in the House (1944) HSV-7 Lucky Legs (1942) Penitentiary (1938) Hell-Ship Morgan (1936) - Only 7 ratings on IMDb! This is the horrible fate of a b-movie whose copyright is renewed! Escape to Glory (1940) Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) ABV-2 Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) Candlelight in Algeria (1944) Gaiety George (1946) The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) The Chinese Den (1940) None of the films are of Australian origin, even though the country had produced various films in the 1930s. I could do some research on films being shown on early New York City TV if anyone wants (although not an entire month...that would be too difficult) EDIT: Well, nobody asked, but here is a list of films shown in New York City on Monday 16 October 1950: 12:40 WPIX Behind the Green Lights (1935) 4:00PM WOR Her Resale Value (1933), as "Final Reckoning" 7:15PM WPIX The Death Kiss (1932) 7:45PM WOR Fighting Bill Carson (1945) 8:00PM WATV Avalanche (1946) 8:45PM WOR Eternally Yours (1939) 10:00PM WJZ Hangmen Also Die! (1943) 11:00PM WABD It Happened Tomorrow (1944) 11:00PM WOR Our Daily Bread (1934) 11:45 WPIX Everything's on Ice (1939), I seem to be the only person who likes this film. I guess I'm easily pleased. |
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 4, 2017 22:46:54 GMT
The Small Back Room (1949) was on again about a year ago. Good movies always have a long life.
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Post by GlennME on Mar 5, 2017 2:50:34 GMT
Thanks for the info. I was 2 3/4 at the time, and my recollections don't extend much past watching The Mickey Mouse Club every afternoon.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 5, 2017 7:32:55 GMT
An interesting list my parents probably watched some of those .I was born in Melbourne a few years later..
My earliest classic film recollections from Melbourne television, many of which I have never forgotten began in 67 with Friday night horror and sci-fi films.
Hosting and introducing some great obscure B films was RALPH BAKER who played the role of Deadly Earnest in Gothic style on ATV-0 channel. With an eerie backdrop and dressed in hat and cape, jagged fangs, he had a vampirish voice, and was supported with these unforgettable characters
CLAW (played by Ralph's left hand)
HOOF (played by Ralph's foot)
IGOR (the missive devouring sound-effect)
, and Lily the skeleton.
The impressive list films from 67-68
1967
27/10/67 Attack of The Puppet People (1958)
03/11/67 Mothra (1962)
10/11/67 Thirteen Ghosts (1960)
17/11/67 The Thing (1951)
24/11/67 Curse of The Demon (1957)
01/12/67 The Tingler (1959)
08/12/67 The Giant Claw (1957)
15/12/67 Revenge of The Zombies (1943)
22/12/67 The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
29/12/67 Lost In The Stratosphere (1934)
1968
05/1/68 Behemoth The Sea Monster (1959)
12/1/68 Warning From Space (1963)
19/1/68 The Ghost Walks (1934)
26/1/68 King of The Zombies (1941)
02/2/68 The Vampire (1957)
09/2/68 The Snake Woman (1961)
16/2/68 Twenty Million Miles To Earth (1957)
23/2/68 The Lost Missile (1958)
01/3/68 -- Not shown due to power strike --
08/3/68 The Monster That Challenged The World (1957)
15/3/68 The War of The Worlds (1953)
22/3/68 Voodoo Island (1957)
29/3/68 The Planet Mars (1952)
05/4/68 When Worlds Collide (1951)
12/4/68 The 27th day (1957)
19/4/68 Gog (1954)
26/4/68 Invasion of The Body Snatchers (1956)
03/5/68 Conquest of Space (1955)
10/5/68 The Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)
17/5/68 Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
24/5/68 I Bury The Living (1958)
31/5/68 Battle In Outer Space (1960)
07/6/68 The Flight That Disappeared (1961)
14/6/68 The Space Children (1958)
21/6/68 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
28/6/68 It! The Terror Beyond Space (1958)
05/7/68 The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
12/7/68 Voodoo Woman (1957)
19/7/68 Gigantis (1959)
26/7/68 Twelve To The Moon (1960)
02/8/68 Satellite In The Sky (1956)
09/8/68 The Gorgon (1964)
16/8/68 The Invisible Invaders (1959)
23/8/68 The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
30/8/68 The Flame Barrier (1958)
06/9/68 Teenage Cavemen (1958)
13/9/68 Dr. Blood’s Coffin (1961)
20/9/68 Kronos (1957)
27/9/68 Earth Versus The Flying Saucers (1956)
04/10/68 Pharoah’s Curse (1957)
11/10/68 Flight To Mars (1951)
18/10/68 The 30-Foot Bride of Crazy Rock (1959)
25/10/68 The Beast With A Million Eyes (1956)
01/11/68 Blood And Roses (1961)
08/11/68 Curse of The Demon (1957)
15/11/68 The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
22/11/68 The Tingler (1959)
29/11/68 The Ape (1940)
06/12/68 The Giant Claw (1957)
13/12/68 Port Sinister (1953)
20/12/68 The Living Ghost (1942)
27/12/68 The Man With Two Lives (1942)
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Post by snsurone on Mar 5, 2017 15:52:08 GMT
What percentage of the population of Melbourne owned TV sets that year?
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 5, 2017 16:07:36 GMT
What percentage of the population of Melbourne owned TV sets that year? I don't know the percentage, but I did come across some information. In those days, Australians were required to get a "TV licence". This annoying little burden does help provide some information on the increasing rate of TV set ownership. The TV-radio supplement of the 6 June 1957 edition of "The Age" reported that 34,570 people in the state of Victoria had TV licences (and presumably virtually everyone who paid for the licence lived in the areas served by the Melbourne TV stations), but it's possible that others had TV sets without bothering to get the TV licence. Not bad given that Melbourne had only began TV broadcasting in November 1956. In the 27 June 1957 edition of the supplement, it was reported that the number of TV licences had increased to 41,021. The numbers kept increasing during the year. The 26 December 1957 edition of the newspaper reported that the total of TV licences in Victoria had increased to 87,713. |
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Post by GlennME on Mar 5, 2017 23:15:11 GMT
What percentage of the population of Melbourne owned TV sets that year? We were the first in our street to have a TV set, and my brother, who was 7 at the time, suddenly had lots of new friends, who dropped in to visit us every day after school. Our TV looked a lot like this.  It cost £400, or, to convert to decimal, $800. I've just been to an inflation calculator, and that TV set would cost $12,000 in today's money. No wonder very few people had television back then. My brother remembers that at the time, our father sold the large radiogram that occupied the lounge room (I don't remember it), and his old car, so the selling of those items probably contributed to the cost of the TV set. |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 6, 2017 6:48:38 GMT
What percentage of the population of Melbourne owned TV sets that year? We were the first in our street to have a TV set, and my brother, who was 7 at the time, suddenly had lots of new friends, who dropped in to visit us every day after school. Our TV looked a lot like this. It cost £400, or, to convert to decimal, $800. I've just been to an inflation calculator, and that TV set would cost $12,000 in today's money. No wonder very few people had television back then. My brother remembers that at the time, our father sold the large radiogram that occupied the lounge room (I don't remember it), and his old car, so the selling of those items probably contributed to the cost of the TV set. I heard that many people in Australia rented their TV set, and this was the case well into the 1970s. As you can see from the numbers I posted above, the rate of set ownership increased rapidly during the first year of TV in the city. It's probably a faster rate of TV adoption than many other countries. |
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