# Need a theater pre-movie clip

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165 "2024-11-12T19:40:09Z")
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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/1 "2024-11-12T19:40:09Z")

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No clue what it’s called.  
Old people like me. Do you remember in the theater before the film started there was a clip for the something (theater company?) that had a blue background and a movie projector on the left that was rolling and the music was “Cheh che cheche chah” and I the reels stopped to make a GC (General Cinema?).

I need a pic of that. I’ll continue failing on google while waiting to see if y’all can give me hints (or a picture).

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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/2 "2024-11-12T19:40:56Z")

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Nevermind

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mzCAJt7HsqQ/sddefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mzCAJt7HsqQ/sddefault.jpg)

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### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/3 "2024-11-12T19:47:05Z")

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I remember that one well, one of my two main theaters was a General Cinema. It started as 2 screens and then went to 3. Then was gone shortly after the multiplexes happened.

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### Author: ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/4 "2024-11-12T19:54:35Z")

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That brings back fond memories. Some (if not all) of the theaters that my parents took me to as a kid were General Cinemas, and that little clip, with the music, is exactly what I remember.

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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/5 "2024-11-12T19:56:27Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> “Cheh che cheche chah”

So that made sense? You can hear it in your head?

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### Author: ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/6 "2024-11-12T19:56:52Z")

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The full clip, for those who would like to see it:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mzCAJt7HsqQ/maxresdefault.jpg "General Cinemas Intro - 1970's era") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzCAJt7HsqQ)

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### Author: ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-theater-pre-movie-clip/1010165/7 "2024-11-12T19:57:26Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> So that made sense? You can hear it in your head?

More that the image instantly brought that clip, and the music, to mind for me.