United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269Martin Theatre (Americus, Ga.)1957-06Program for the movies shown during the week of June 23, 1957. The program shows that cartoons or segments from serial films were shown along with the main features. Beginning during the Great Depression, it became common for neighborhood theaters to screen a variety of programs that would consist of trailers, newsreels, cartoons, or short films, along with low-budget second features ("B movies") and then the high-budget main features ( "A" movies). This kind of programming was due in part to "block booking," where major Hollywood studios required theaters to buy lower-quality B-movies along with the more desirable A-movies. "Block booking" was deemed illegal in 1948 (in the Supreme Court case United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.), though the practice of providing multiple features in movie theatres continued well until the late 1960s. Many repertory theaters continue to show two films back-to-back.The Martin Theatre was part of the Martin Theatre chain in Georgia, a chain of more than sixty-five theaters owned by R. E. Martin of Columbus, Georgia . The theatre was managed by E. D. Martin at the time of the theater's opening.enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Americus (Ga.)--HistoryRylander Theatre (Americus, Ga.)Theaters--Georgia--AmericusMotion picture film--HistoryAnimated films--HistoryTheater programs--Georgia--AmericusThe Little Hut (Motion picture : 1957)The Teahouse of the August Moon (Motion picture : 1956)Kitty Cornered (Animated film : 1946)Francis in the Haunted House (Motion picture : 1956)Skeleton Frolics (Animated film : 1937)Rock All Night (Motion picture : 1957)Dragstrip Girl (Motion picture : 1957)Rattled Rooster (Animated film : 1948)The Incredible Shrinking Man (Motion picture : 1957)The Redwood Sap (Animated film : 1951)Crashing the Water Barrier (Motion picture : 1956)The Three Outlaws (Motion picture : 1956)Northwest Passage (Motion picture : 1940)Sock-A-Bye Kitty (Animated film: 1950)Blazing the Overland Trail (Motion picture : 1956)Three Brave Men (Motion picture : 1956)Downbeat Bear (Animated film : 1956)The Diamond Queen (Motion picture : 1953)Crashing Las Vegas (Motion picture : 1956)Police Dogged (Animated film : 1956)Martin Theatre & Sunset Drive-In--week of June 23rd, 1957Text