Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Remember when movie theaters displayed this on their marques? They would name the two (usually double features) movie titles playing, the add "And selected Shorts."
The newsreels would play after the first feature, then maybe a cartoon, and then a brief film. This often was a travel log of some far away place, in full color, too. And then a musical film, often some backwoods hillbilly stuff, Hollywood's perception of mountain music. And, sometimes it was Bob Wills and his band, or Spike Jones. The hillbiklly stuff was pure corn, with coonskin caps and blacked out front teeth.
And all of this for twenty five cents, plus the cost of the popcorn!
Bob Wright
The newsreels would play after the first feature, then maybe a cartoon, and then a brief film. This often was a travel log of some far away place, in full color, too. And then a musical film, often some backwoods hillbilly stuff, Hollywood's perception of mountain music. And, sometimes it was Bob Wills and his band, or Spike Jones. The hillbiklly stuff was pure corn, with coonskin caps and blacked out front teeth.
And all of this for twenty five cents, plus the cost of the popcorn!
Bob Wright