Cartoon Parties

[Ralph Phillips]

I purchased this advertising display at a flea market in Delaware many years ago. It measures 12" wide at the base and stands 9" tall.

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx311/77bangzoom/cartoonparty1.jpg

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx311/77bangzoom/cartoonparty2.jpg

I've heard of hiring a magician or a clown for your kid's birthday party but I never heard of renting home movies.

Was this a common event in the days before families had video machines?

[Ray Pointer]

Not that common, but obviously some families who could afford it, did this.
It wasn't something that most people would offer for a children's party, however. I recall reading in the book, THE MAKING OF THE WIZARD OF OZ that Margaret Hamilton had a children's party some time in the early 1940s and they ran a print of THE WIZARD OF OZ. That was nearly 70 years ago.