Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”

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Did You Know? Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”. The problem with the trailers showing after the film was that audience wouldn’t stay around to watch them, making the trailers rather ineffective.

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