When Did Double Features Stop?

By the mid-1960s, double features had been mostly abandoned in non–drive-ins in favor of the modern single-feature screening, in which only one feature film is exhibited.

When did they stop showing newsreels before movies?

But the newsreels died. They were established in the 1910s, had passed their peak by end of the 1950s and had disappeared from most cinema screens across the globe by the 1970s. They had outrun their usefulness as a news medium.

When did cinemas stop showing B films?

View all notes By 1964, the British 'B' movie was dead, and the staple double-feature format was also increasingly under threat, as it was becoming incompatible with longer running times for first features.