why are they called trailers

[dingo]

if we see them at the begining of the movie

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[Freakshow]

Shouldn't this be in the 'random thoughts' thread?

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[dingo]

i thought that too but i do want an answer to this and no one seem to be answering any questions iin there

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[Freakshow]

Fair enough.

I don't know. Maybe they wern't always at the beginning of the movie? Just a guess.

[StupidGirlllll]

Yea random thought is just a thought that comes to mind, but questions can be answered in there.

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[MizzleTizzle]

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Why are coming attractions of movies called trailers, especially when they come at the beginning of the film? They're called that because they used to to be spliced on the end of the feature film.

To understand this, you have to harken back to the days when movies were shown continuously in theaters and audiences were allowed to sit through multiple showings of the same movie--the start times were published, and if you came in late you simply sat through the next showing until you came to the point "where you came in." This is not that long ago--I remember when this used to be the practice.

The coming attractions reel would be spliced onto the end of the last reel of the movie, hence trailer. From the perspective of the audience member who arrived on time or a little early, the coming attractions would appear before the feature, even though technically it was at the end.

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[TheMojoPin]

Well, think back to the end credits of older films up until the 60's or so.

Incredibly short. Usually just one or two screens of cast listings and then the studio logo and boom, that was it.

It wouldn't have been too much of a stretch then to tack on a few trailers and expect people to stay.

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[JimBeam]

I can remember that most of the videotapes of the old early 80's horror movies used to show them at the end.


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Star Wars was the first movie people weren't allowed to sit through to the next showing because of the sheer number of people who wanted to see it.

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