Friday, June 26, 2009

Representing The Early 80's





The first entry from the 1980's! Here are some examples of TV Guide movie advertising from April 13, 1981. Enjoy!

4 comments:

  1. "The Story of Ruth" was a Yuletide mainstay of "The 4:30 Movie" in its early years, from its 1968 beginnings as "The Big Show." Its early airings were as follows:
    - December 24, 1968 (when the show was 2 hours)
    - December 22/23, 1969 (in two parts)
    - December 22/23, 1970 (in two parts)
    WABC's April 13/14, 1981 screening was the first time in over a decade that this film was shown on "The 4:30 Movie." Between 1971 and 1980, its airings were confined (in two parts, naturally) to "The Morning Movie." Apart from a time in the late 1950's, and again in the early 1960's (as "Movie of the Day") and the late 1960's (as "Gloria DeHaven's Prize Movie" - yes, the famed Hollywood actress/singer hosted a New York TV movie show for a time), there were hardly any ads at all in TV Guide or elsewhere for Channel 7's AM movies. Or, after the mid-to-late 1960's, for the late-night weeknight movies.

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  2. Great information. Other religious movie staples that appeared often on the 4:30 MOVIE that I recall include THE ROBE and 1961's KING OF KINGS.

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  3. And then there was "Sodom and Gomorrah" (with Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli) and "Samson and Delilah" (with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr) that also played on "The 4:30 Movie."

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  4. Absolutely correct. I remember those as well as QUO VADIS.

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