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- From: mwdenney@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Michael W. Denney)
- Subject: Re: Why no cartoons before movies???
- Message-ID: <By6tEq.IHE@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <3671.1008.uupcb@satalink.com> <1992Nov23.001959.13747@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:08:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.001959.13747@ultb.isc.rit.edu> entpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >In article <3671.1008.uupcb@satalink.com>, ray.rooney@satalink.com (Ray Rooney)
- > writes:
- >>TO: kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
- >>
- >>RTK>Hi. Why is it that in the 50s and 60s they used to show cartoons before
- >>RTK>the movie started in movie theatres, and now we listen to elevator music
- >>RTK>and watch colored lights?
- >>
- >In the interest of being thorough, the studios had animation, documentary,
- >and newsreel units because they could force the theaters to take all
- >their output--and thus charge rentals and make money. After the 1948
- >consent decree that broke up the industry, the studios had less power
- >and these ancillary units began to fade away.
-
- This is the one I was waiting to hear! In 1949 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
- against the practice of 'block bookings'. Block bookings involved studios
- only offering a theatre hit movies if they also agreed to pay for newsreels,
- cartoons, etc. Once this ruling passed, theatre owner refused to pay extra
- for cartoons. *This* was the beginning of the end.
-
- Michael
- a.k.a. The Phantom Scribbler
-
- - I *beg* your pardon sir! Please wait your turn!
-
-