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CARTOONS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

oldguyinTX

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They don't get any better than this. Saturday morning fun club at the local movie house cost 50 cents, 3 or 4 cartoons, a couple of serials, then a really bad (well now at least) early 1950's Sci-Fi movie, but they were great when I was like 7 years old or so. Anyone remember "The Tingler"? And what might - or might not - have happened in the seats?

 
They were the best....

:agree: the work that went into making them was amazing. But i like all the old ones best and watch them till today....:2thumbs::bowdown:
 
Yup! 25 cents did a Saturday PM. Seven cartoons, the serial, and the main feature. Admission 10 cents. A 10 cent box of popcorn and a 5 cent Holloway sucker that lasted most of the movie. :yes:
 
All of the animation was done with "cells", that is, individual drawings of each frame. And, a lot of artists if you look closely at the beginning credits.
 
They don't get any better than this. Saturday morning fun club at the local movie house cost 50 cents, 3 or 4 cartoons, a couple of serials, then a really bad (well now at least) early 1950's Sci-Fi movie, but they were great when I was like 7 years old or so. Anyone remember "The Tingler"? And what might - or might not - hav e happened in the seats?




And it's interesting that the cartoons were filled with innuendo and "wink-wink" meanings!
My brother and I went every Saturday for the cartoons and the Roy Rogers double feature - - and ALWAYS with our Roy Rogers holsters and guns.
 
WOW.......

50 cents! You aren't an old guy. akspyderman and I are old guys. We got in for 20 cents. A quarter got us in plus some candy. :ohyea:
 
Had 2 movie theaters within walking distance (2 miles). We took our own popcorn. I remember when the matinee cost went from a dime to a quarter. But about that time we got our 1st TV. Didn't walk to the movies much after that. A few years later, I really liked the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons on TV.....
 
When the school year was almost over they'd sell ticket coupons that let kids get in to weekly special-showing kids movies on Saturday afternoon. The summer series was all planned and each coupon had the movie's name and date on it. We'd go as a group from my neighborhood every week.
 
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