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- From: ray.rooney@satalink.com (Ray Rooney)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
- Subject: Re: Why no cartoons before movies???
- Message-ID: <3727.1008.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:34:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
- Reply-To: ray.rooney@satalink.com (Ray Rooney)
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- TO: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (E. Kontei)
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- EK>In article <3671.1008.uupcb#satalink.com>, ray.rooney@satalink.com (Ray Roon
- EK>writes:
- EK>>
- EK>> Some theatres, mostly those showing old movies, do run shorts, usually
- EK>> from some collection. There is no longer a dependable source for shorts
- EK>> so first-run chains couldn't get them even if they did want to run them.
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- EK>Actually, the local 6-matchboxes second-run multiplex does run
- EK>shorts before their features. Warner Brothers stuff, natch. :-)
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- Yes, they are making shorts available at the moment. The UA theatres
- here also run them. It may be an exclusive deal, though.
-
- Interesting aside: A privately-owned theatre here was running Pink
- Panther and Chilly Willy cartoons before its features a few years ago.
- The odd thing is the PP films seemed to be the TV stuff without those
- awful laugh-tracks. Anyone else run into these?
-
- * SLMR 2.1a * Don't take life too seriously, it's not permanent.
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