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WGN Channel 9 - Movie Greats - "Guns Of Diablo" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for the Movie Greats presentation of "Guns of Diablo" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Globe-Logo (slightly different one) Station ID (Featuring Clif Mercer as the announcer)

Movie Greats opening with theme song (segment of "Birdland" by Weather Report) and movie introduction by Clif Mercer. This is a different theme song than featuring in the other Movie Greats clip posted from December 1981, which was more traditional sounding.

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WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Rock Around The Clock" (Promo, 1980)

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Here is a quick promo for The 3:30 Movie presentation of "Rock Around The Clock" on WLS Channel 7 that Monday. This was part of "The History of Rock and Roll" Week on The 3:30 Movie.

Voiceover by ??.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, January 14th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie One -"The Night of the Sorcerers" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening for WSNS Channel 44's Saturday Monster Movie presentation of "The Night of the Sorcerers" (A.K.A. “La Noche de los Brujos”). Includes:

Don Ferris does the voiceover announcement of the movie, while the theme song, Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" plays (with some screaming or animal noises mixed in?) and some imagery from monster movies is shown. You also get to see the "An Avco Embassy Television Presentation" logo and the first few minut...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "I'll Take Sweden" (Bumper Promo, 1980)

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Here is a short bumper promo for the Channel 7 3:30pm Movie presentation of "I'll Take Sweden" (to block?) that aired on Thursday, January 10th 1980. (even though the TV guide listed another movie)

Voiceover by Al Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 9th 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie (Bumper, 1978)

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Here's a bumper for The 3:30 Movie on WLS Channel 7.

You can hear the full ending to the theme music - it ends with a big drum flourish.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27th 1978.

CBS Special Movie Presentation (Ending Bumper, 1978)

Views: 1941

Here is an ending bumper for a CBS Special Movie Presentation.

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, September 8th 1978.

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "The Curse of Frankenstein" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 1655

Here's a promo for The 3:30 Movie presentation of "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957, Hammer Film Productions) starring Peter Cushing, on WLS Channel 7. The movie aired on Monday, May 28th 1979.

Voiceover by Gary Gears.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, May 27th 1979.

WSNS Channel 44 - The Star Spangled Movie - "Adventures of Captain Fabian" (Promo, 1980)

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Here's a promo for the 10-6-80 airing of The Star-Spangled Movie presentation of the 1966 film "Adventures of Captain Fabian" on WSNS TV-44. Previous to this we saw a few other glimpses of this bumper movie show - maybe it always aired at 3:30pm on weekdays? Could this help definitively date those other clips?

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This promo aired on local C...

WFLD Channel 32 - 10 O'Clock Movie - "My Little Chickadee" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 1838

Here's an oddity - who knew WFLD had a 10pm movie at one point?

Here is the opening of the 10 O'Clock Movie presentation of "My Little Chickadee" [1940] starring Mae West and W.C. Fields, on WFLD Channel 32. (voiceover by Jim Barton)

The graphics are very similar to the type used for the WFLD "Premiere Movie".

Preceded by a WFLD Lincoln's Birthday bumper (voiceover b...