I know with a little research I probably can get this answer in time. But off hand does anyone know what year did films when they ended for the most part stop saying THE END on the end credits?Somewhere in the 60's I presume?
The trick is "for the most part" because I still see "The End" used to this day. Usually for family films and comedies. And sorry I don't have the answer.
I teach meteorology and I can tell you that there is no top to the atmosphere. There is no distinct "line" that separates air from space. Its just that the air gets thinner and thinner and eventually there is no air.
I bet you can see where I am going with this analogy.
As others have already provided answers, I'll just add that the last movie I saw actually put the words "THE END" onscreen at the end was The LEGO Movie, released five months ago.
TO BARRY FAN- OH, YES, creating a new thread from an existing thread, good idea. How come with a still shot it seems to be hard to tell if it is sunrise or sunset?
Movies used to put all their credits at the beginning, right down to the sound recordist using a particular Western Electric machine. And at the end, they said "The End' so there would be a terminus of some kind.
When movies started putting their credits at the end, the credits marked the end of the story, so "The End" became redundant and unnecessary. I think "The End" is used now only as a retro style choice, or in comedies where it can be tacked on ironically (i.e., for the same reason male hipsters wear hats from the 1920s).
