Cinema idents and show format

If you went to the cinema in the UK in the 70s, 80s and 90s (especally at a Rank Odeon) chances are you would have seen a show presented the way it's demonstrated here, from the "Welcome" day-titles to the "Sales" trailers right up to the "Goodbye" filmlets.

They knew how to put on a show in those days!

Now it's all dull and bland with no classy idents, no ice cream girls, no stage lighting and no screen curtains. At least not in the multiplexes.

This collection is missing three important idents from the era that couldn't be sourced in full. - The 1981 "lick me, bite me" King Cone commercial, the 1985 Lyon's Main "Get it!" sales trailer and the 1998 Ridley Scott "Odeon 24hrs a day" ident (substituted here with the very last Rank produced Odeon "salsa" ident from 2000).

If I ever find these "missing three" I'll repost and delete the "salsa" ident, as it doen't really belong here.

Enjoy the nostalgia, and weep for the loss of showmanship at cinemas in the 21st century.

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• Cinema
• idents.
• ODEON

[RediffusionMusic]

I have a fully remastered version of the "Yellow Sparkle salsa ident"

No hissing, remade the full thing.

[woutch]

@RediffusionMusic Thanks. That ident was already "ripped" from your site to add to this collection! It doesn't truly belong here but I couldn't get a copy of Ridley Scotts 1998 ident.  By the way, that ident of yours was called "Orange Salsa" not "Yellow Sparkle Salsa" The "Sparkle" ident (called "Pink Sparkle") was different again.

[phrobs]

thanks for the memories, it always felt more friendly at the Odeon than the ABC! These clips are so evocative of a bygone era. Bring back the intermissions and the 'salesgirls'. And Michael Aspel!

[RediffusionMusic]

@woutch The feature presentation one was, but the "salsa" one wasn't as this one has fuzzy audio, woods2121 you mean?