Great Movies (TV series)

*Great Movies*
Great Movies
Presented by	Fred Davis
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	14
Production
Running time	90–120 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	20 April 1957 –; 3 October 1970

Great Movies was a Canadian series of mid-season feature films which aired on CBC Television from 1957 to 1970.

Premise

CBC broadcast feature films as replacement programming for Hockey Night in Canada during the months when the NHL was not playing. Fred Davis hosted the movies in 1957, 1958 and 1959.

Scheduling

The series was broadcast on Saturday nights, either from 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) since 20 April 1957. The movies were broadcast each mid-year until the final movie in this series aired on 3 October 1970. Movies under this title were also broadcast late Friday nights from April to October 1961.

For the 1962 season, the mid-year movies were branded with the title Front Row Centre, reverting to the Great Movies banner in 1963.[1]

Reception

The Great Movies concept was deemed successful, with July 1961 ratings indicating that the viewership ranked fourth place.[2]

References

Allan, Blaine (1996). "Front Row Centre". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.

External links

Allan, Blaine (1996). "Great Movies". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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[1] Allan, Blaine (1996). "Front Row Centre". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[WTWY-2] Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.