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The afternoon movie was a popular practice of local television stations in North America from the 1950s through the 1970s. It consisted of the daily weekday showing of old films usually between 12:30 and 2:00 P.M; if the film ran two hours or more, it was split into two parts.
The 4:30 Movie is a television program that aired weekday afternoons on WABC-TV (Channel 7) in New York from 1968 to 1981. The program was mainly known for individual theme weeks devoted to theatrical feature films or made-for-TV movies starring a certain actor or actress, or to a particular genre, or to films that spawned sequels.
Critic Quote: “One of the rallying-points of the late ‘60s, a buddy picture that celebrated sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, and the freedom of the open road.” — RogerEbert.com ...
Initially using the same name as at CKLW-TV, Bill Kennedy's Showtime, the WKBD program would be renamed Bill Kennedy at the Movies by the start of 1972. [3] Kennedy would host films for WKBD until retiring to Florida in 1983. On his afternoon TV program, he showed old movies and provided anecdotes about the actors and the production of the movies.
In 1978 CBS canceled the show in favor of the youth-targeted magazine 30 Minutes which was modeled after its adult sister show 60 Minutes. CBS canceled 30 Minutes in 1982 and brought back Saturday Film Festival which ran for two seasons until CBS cancelled it for good in 1984.
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Chiller Theater began airing on WPIX in 1961. Beginning in 1963, its host was John Zacherle ("The Cool Ghoul"). Zacherle quit the show in 1965. [1] Each episode of the show began with the "Classic Montage Opening" that used a montage of brief segments of film from various 1950s fantasy and science fiction movies. [2]
A list of science fiction films released in the 1960s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres.They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.