Movies in the good old days
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341752)
Rockingham, Australia
December 18, 2024 7:18am CST
I wrote about having the chance to attend a film festival and it took me back to when we used to go to the movies as a child. It was held in a theatre. There might have been some ads first. I can’t remember that bit but then the National Anthem would play and we’d all stand and be quiet for its duration.
Next would come a newsreel then, if we were lucky, a cartoon. This would be followed by the ‘B’ film, then interval and finally the main film. I guess the length of the film determined if there would be a cartoon or not. I don’t remember what time the movies finished but it always seemed late to us kids. So, with all the bits and pieces, you got your money's worth from the night.
The photo is of some of the great wall art at the entertainment centre where the festival will be held.
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@DaddyEvil (137463)
• United States
3h
The "commercials" that played before the movie(s) started and one between the dual feature were about the theater snack bar... They always showed popcorn, a drink and some type of candy... 
You know, their real moneymakers. 
When I was a kid, we always got a cartoon first. 
(Oh, wow! I'm really feeling old now. 
)
You know, their real moneymakers.
When I was a kid, we always got a cartoon first. (Oh, wow! I'm really feeling old now. )4 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137463)
• United States
3h
@JudyEv Back then, the movie theater was one of the "bigger" businesses here.
@xFiacre (13122)
• Ireland
34m
@Judyev I loved the newsreels though they left me feeling rather nervous and a bit worried. We always had to stand for the national anthem, and since it was in Malawi at the country's then only cinema (The Majestic) the president had spies at each showing to check on who stood and who did not. If you didn't stand and were black you were escorted to jail, if white you were escorted to the airport.
@wolfgirl569 (107900)
• Marion, Ohio
1h
Here did candy and popcorn commercials. Then often straight to the movie
@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
47m
I remember movies being like that when I was a kid. Plus most movies played over and over so many times we were able to stay and watch it twice.
@aureategloom (11148)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
1h
it's similar nowadays - first commercials, then the movie
but you can pick when to watch the movie - late or super late
cartoons are mostly available in the morning hours
but you can pick when to watch the movie - late or super late
cartoons are mostly available in the morning hours 
@Tampa_girl7 (50596)
• United States
2h
I can remember always having our national anthem first at the movie theaters on the Air Force Bases. I don’t recall them off base, but we always got a cartoon.
