I stumbled across this great website while reminiscing. I went on occasion to the Cartoon Cinema in the mid to late 70s with a troop of kids from the Peabody Estate on Vauxhall Bridge Road. A real treat. Cartoons and old black and white movies were shown on a loop, and we would watch the, through at least twice around. Vividly recall Rocket Man, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Superman, and being fascinated by what we would now call terrible ‘production values’. Cheetah the chimp was an actor in a very bad suit. If I remember correctly, Superman had the physique of a bus conductor and smoked fags. Us kids thought the films ridiculous – but were mesmerised none the less. We LOVED the cartoons.
I stumbled across this great website while reminiscing. I went on occasion to the Cartoon Cinema in the mid to late 70s with a troop of kids from the Peabody Estate on Vauxhall Bridge Road. A real treat. Cartoons and old black and white movies were shown on a loop, and we would watch the, through at least twice around. Vividly recall Rocket Man, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Superman, and being fascinated by what we would now call terrible ‘production values’. Cheetah the chimp was an actor in a very bad suit. If I remember correctly, Superman had the physique of a bus conductor and smoked fags. Us kids thought the films ridiculous – but were mesmerised none the less. We LOVED the cartoons.