I made this attempt at trying to re-create what it was like to watch the old 4:30 Movie on WABC-TV Channel 7 in New York. Hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think.
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- NYTVFan
- Basically a regular guy who happens to love the TV he was exposed to as a kid growing up in the NY Metro area during the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. Just my little way of celebrating and remembering those times with the hope that these movie showcase programs get the respect and attention they deserve.
Very nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteI recall that they used to play "The Sand
Pebbles" over three days, one hour per day
with 20 minutes of commercials and about a
10 minute repeat of scenes from the previous
day. Curiously, they played the movie uncut
including the torture scene intact. When CBS
played it prime time it was heavily cut.
Richard W. Haines
I always loved the 4:30 ABC movie during Easter week when they would show Biblical epics. Usually it would be two days of "King of Kings", two days of "The Robe" and then something like "Barabbas" or "Demetrious and the Gladiators" on Friday. Then late night on Saturday it would be four hours of "Quo Vadis". Also, CBS Channel 2 had a 4:30 afternoon movie in the early '60s, but it was canceled in favor of the Mike Douglas Show.
ReplyDeleteScience Fiction week was always a blast and made for a lot of conversation at school the next day. Who could forget the freaked out renditions of the "help me! help me!" scene in "The Fly" performed by various of my friends in homeroom or the school hallway?
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