On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 8:18:18 PM UTC-7, wrote:
https://hollywoodrevue.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/box-office-poison-the-ad-that-started-it-all/
According to that artilcle:
- 1938 was hardly a banner year for the American film industry. It had its notable films, but it was a very tumultuous time for studios. With World War II looming on the horizon, the political climate in Europe was beginning to interfere with foreign
distribution and things weren’t much better at home, either. Box office attendance was dwindling, a fact that couldn’t solely be blamed on the economic situation at the time. The idea of going to the movies was beginning to lose its appeal to many
people because they were afraid they wouldn’t get their money’s worth.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)