Movie Previews Are Called “Trailers” Because They Were Originally Shown After the Movie
Ponder this peculiar paradox: movie trailers earned their name by originally playing after films, not before them.
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Movie Previews Are Called “Trailers” Because They Originally Trailed the Movie
Originally, movie previews appeared after the main feature, which explains their puzzling name “trailers” – but why did theaters change this practice?