re: Before HBO and VCRs?

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Ok thats what I was wondering about more specifically is the movies made prior to even television being in every home. It took 37 years to make it to the small screen

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But then you had Citizen Kane, which had been rotating on local TV stations since the 50's and Wizard of Oz, which was shown once a year on network TV going back to the 50's. So it was hit and miss as to which "big" films were special enough to not be on TV all of the time.