If I was king, I'd insist that theatrical features running longer than 200 minutes would be required to have intermissions. This isn't about art. It's about restrooms. Since I'm not a monarch, I can only discuss long films with and without intermissions. But I'm skipping over the years from 1954 to 1971. I've already written … Continue reading Movies with intermissions

When I was a child, and well into my adolescence, big, expensive movies played theatrically in a special, spectacular way that disappeared almost 50 years ago. A major motion picture would play in only one, very large theater per major city. The ticket prices were higher, but you got something out of it. When you … Continue reading Big Roadshows of the ’50s and ’60s (mostly the ’60s)