Background[]
This is a fan nickname given to probably the single most infamous set of theatre snipes ever made, created by the National Screen Service in 1968.
1968-1974; October 10, 2003; April 6, 2007; October 11, 2013[]
Nicknames: "And Now, Our Psychedelic Feature Presentation", "FP of Psychedelicness", "Feature Presentation in the Sixties", "The World's First Feature Presentation ID", "The Grindhouse Vortex", "Psychedelic Vortex"
Bumper: On a multi-colored psychedelic screen, one of the following snipes appears from all sides and corners, merging at the center:
- Our Feature Presentation
- Prevues of Coming Attractions
- Intermission
- Coming Soon
- Our Next Attraction
- Starts Friday
- Starts Saturday
- Starts Sunday
- Starts Monday
- Starts Tuesday
- Starts Wednesday
- Starts Thursday
- Friday Saturday
- Friday Saturday Sunday
- Saturday-Sunday Matinee
- Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
- Also
- And
- Also Selected Short Subjects
- Late Show Friday & Saturday
- Children's Matinee
- No Smoking in This Theatre
Variants:
- Sometimes, the snipes would demerge and return the way they came.
- The merge is faster on some snipes.
FX/SFX: The psychedelia in the background, and the text movement.
Music/Sounds: An abridged version of the 1968 go-go-like tune called "Funky Fanfare" by Keith Mansfield. Sometimes it's silent.
Availability: Various, ranging from uncommon ("Our Feature Presentation" and "Prevues of Coming Attractions") to extinct (several of the lesser-known Daters). Used at drive-in theaters by various companies in the 1960s and 1970s. Made surprise reappearances on certain films from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, like Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Machete Kills respectively, and their 2007 double feature Grindhouse (Planet Terror/Death Proof).
Editor's Note: This is a cult classic among moviegoers.
1978-87[]
Bumper: Same as the 1981 Caballero Control Corporation, Family Home Entertainment, and USA Home Video Prevues of Coming Attractions bumper, except with a wider variety of texts:
- PREVUES OF COMING ATTRACTIONS
- OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION
- Intermission
- Coming Soon
- Our Next Attraction
- Starts Friday
- Starts Saturday
- Starts Sunday
- Starts Monday
- Starts Tuesday
- Starts Wednesday
- Starts Thursday
- Friday Saturday
- Friday Saturday Sunday
- Saturday-Sunday Matinee
- Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
- Also
- And
- Also Selected Short Subjects
- Late Show Friday & Saturday
- Children's Matinee
- No Smoking in This Theatre
FX/SFX: All primitive Scanimate animation.
Music/Sounds: An orchestral fanfare. Sometimes, a funky synth jingle with whoosh sounds.
Availability: The two bumpers ("Our Feature Presentation" and "Prevues of Coming Attractions") were seen on tapes in Warner Home Video's A Night at the Movies series, such as 1960: Ocean's 11, 1957: The Prince and the Showgirl, and 1958: Auntie Mame. It also appeared at the end of some 1982 tapes, such as Rollover and Personal Best. The "Prevues of Coming Attractions" bumper was also shown only on U.S.A. Home Video, Family Home Entertainment, and Caballero Control Corporation from 1981 to 1985. The others are extinct.