Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 26, 2017 21:56:45 GMT
I saw GWTW for the first time New Year's Day 1968 at the Carthay Circle, where it first showed in LA in 1939. When Clark Gable's appearance at the bottom of the staircase came on the screen the audience burst into applause.
Around 1977, I saw "Casablanca" on the big screen in a revival house. Obviously most in the audience had only seen the butchered version that had been shown on the Million Dollar Movie which never showed the hiding of the letters of transit in Sam's piano. There was an audible OMG from the crowd seeing it for the first time.
Seeing someone I knew on the big screen for the first time was also a bit of an experience. My parents took me to see "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" Because a girl in my dancing class was playing the young Baby Jane. Needless to say, I found the film a bit disturbing, but I was only 8 years old. It did take a while for me to realize that Julie was only playing a character and was not destined to be a monster.
Around 1977, I saw "Casablanca" on the big screen in a revival house. Obviously most in the audience had only seen the butchered version that had been shown on the Million Dollar Movie which never showed the hiding of the letters of transit in Sam's piano. There was an audible OMG from the crowd seeing it for the first time.
Seeing someone I knew on the big screen for the first time was also a bit of an experience. My parents took me to see "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" Because a girl in my dancing class was playing the young Baby Jane. Needless to say, I found the film a bit disturbing, but I was only 8 years old. It did take a while for me to realize that Julie was only playing a character and was not destined to be a monster.