"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

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"WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE MOVIES?" 95 the television scheme of things? We will prob- ably see a great deal more "road-showing" of pictures after the advent of home tele-service. For the emphasis on the spectacular in post-war movie production will warrant such promotion. The people, too, will welcome it. Video, in the home, will provide more or less continuous vis- ual entertainment, whenever you want it. "Go- ing out" will be more of an occasion; arriving at the theatre at a specified time for a single showing gives importance to the event. Also, it helps to widen the gulf between the tele habit and the moving picture habit. # # # Only the least imaginative exhibitor will balk at television service into his theatre. For it stands to reason that the more he has to show, the larger his audiences will be. If television can bring practically the whole world to his theatre screen, the whole community will surely come to his box-office. As we have mentioned, certain theatres will probably find it expedient to convert entirely to reproducing special events of national interest. These theatres will join the television network as it expands^ paying for the service in a manner