NBC SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (1972)

Here is a classic opening from the Saturday Night flagship series NBC Saturday Night at the Movies from 1972 and it have a Los Angeles voiceover Donald Rickles check out this classic!!

[robertacolarette]

I remember this so well. It’s the same music as when it was aired in the 60’s. My mother and I (we were the movie addicts in the family) would sit in front of the TV anxious for it to tell us what the film would be. The most memorable were….”The Diary of Anne Frank”, “How to Marry a Millionaire”, “Ben Hur”, “The Enemy Below”, “Heaven Knows Mr. Allison”, “An Affair to Remember”, “With a Song in my Heart”, to name a few. Just a great Saturday Night.

[Lolabelle]

Reminds me of when being allowed to stay up "late" was a big deal. Thank you.

[alanstrong]

That opening is nostalgic. It reminds me of old style theatres. Saturday Night At The Movies should come back to life. Network movies were great.

[rossmarvin]

I can't believe we put up with waiting years and years to see a movie on tv back then. I seem to remember that 7 years was about the average wait time.

[davidwells]

i just love that opening song. reminds me of watching this when i was a kid

[kipster]

There was an earlier version of this opening from the early to mid 1960s. That's the one I want to hear again.

[pegbars]

WOW! This is ultra-rare! I haven't seen this since I was a kid... THANKS!!!

[davewanamaker]

That Don Rickles was a radio announcer during the days of Old Time Radio Shows. When some of those old shows are run on regular radio the modern announcer always mentions, "no, that's not the insult comedian."

[bestdealdoors]

Wow that brings back memories I was 11 years old back then lol

[armorybrunotjr.]

Finally, a rare opening of "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies" from 1972, preceded by the famed "living color on NBC" spiel done by
Mel Brandt.

[richardbradley]

Oh the memories this intro brings back!!!

[PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I remember the bumper in the 60s used to have a drum roll played on tympani and have movie film rotating in the back behind the title.

[coolcookie]

Now if this could be done in black and white for us really old geezers. I remember this 1966-67.

[keithgreenwade]

I was there that night as a young grommet, how time flies...

[stevedichter]

NBC Saturday Night at the Movies premiered in 1961 w/a different color opening consisting of colored panels. An earlier color peacock open started the show.

[PJBovio]

Oh God the memories, the memories 😢 I remember like it was yesterday. I've been in search of this for many years and now HERE IT IS!! BLESS YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US!! 😘😘😘😘😘

[chantingmammal]

i found a rare intro of nbc's tuesday night at the movies which dates around the time this intro was used

[donnachaffee]

The announcer for this Saturday Night at the Movies is my father, Don Stanley.

[mattc]

Wow! I've been looking for this for years, but had no idea what TV show it was from; I just remembered the flashing lights, and stumbled upon it by accident. I was only four, but it's just as I remembered. Thanks so much!

[amightysailingman]

I'm not sure, but I seem to have a fond memory of watching It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World on Saturday Night at the Movies around the mid 1970s.