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Episode 1282 - Jason Bailey / Fun City Cinema

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Film and the Depression, Is There a Road Map for It?

In 19 65, john, john lindsay gets elected mayor. He made a campaign promise to bring movies back to new york. And he kept that promise. In 19 66, he signs executive order number ten. It basically established the mayor's office of foam theatre broadcasting. They would not tell you what you could and couldn't put in your films. The problem with that was that this is the era new york goes into the toilet. This is when a, you know, the tax base is fleeing,. the budget is out a whack, social services are Increasingly because of a big move this mare made on giant movie screens several times. Aye ye ye!

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