How did you get into classic films? (and my story)
Feb 10, 2021 5:19:28 GMT
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Post by kijii on Feb 10, 2021 5:19:28 GMT
My mom loved to take part in competitive sports. As a kid, I remember her loving to golf, bowl, play bridge, and watch baseball games. She was also a fan of those Spenser Tracy / Katherine Hepburn movies from the late 40s and early 50s: Adam's Rib (1949) and Pat and Mike (1952). Then, there was that baseball movie, The Pride of St. Louis (1952) with Dan Dailey. My dad took my mom to a movie on one of their first dates in 1934. I don't know what that movie was but my dad liked Wallace Beery. My mom didn't like Beery but my dad did, so........it had to be a Wallace Beery movie from 1934.
There were always movies in my life, but one of the first movies I remember being advertised on TV was The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), and we kids HAD to go see that one!! Ah, advertising and kids....
The first movie I saw over and over (in a theater) was Days of Wine and Roses (1962). This movie is important to my movie watching since, from it, I learned the value of seeing a movie more than one time.
In the 50s 60s, and 70s, movies only played on TV late at night and on Saturday afternoons. Since there was no way to record movies in those days, I learned to use the TV Guide to mark the movies. I then planned to see a movie that was programed. (You had to be there to see it because there was no other way, then).
When I was about 16 (1959), I started to use the World Almanac to find which Movies, Actors and Actresses HAD won Oscars (in the past). Oscar winners were listed there, and I started to "collect" the viewing of as many as I could find and check them off in the Almanac as I saw them. Some movies played several times and were easy to "collect." Others were not so easy to find. I really valued those that were "hard to find." This is how I first became interested in classic movies from the past.
There were always movies in my life, but one of the first movies I remember being advertised on TV was The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), and we kids HAD to go see that one!! Ah, advertising and kids....
The first movie I saw over and over (in a theater) was Days of Wine and Roses (1962). This movie is important to my movie watching since, from it, I learned the value of seeing a movie more than one time.
In the 50s 60s, and 70s, movies only played on TV late at night and on Saturday afternoons. Since there was no way to record movies in those days, I learned to use the TV Guide to mark the movies. I then planned to see a movie that was programed. (You had to be there to see it because there was no other way, then).
When I was about 16 (1959), I started to use the World Almanac to find which Movies, Actors and Actresses HAD won Oscars (in the past). Oscar winners were listed there, and I started to "collect" the viewing of as many as I could find and check them off in the Almanac as I saw them. Some movies played several times and were easy to "collect." Others were not so easy to find. I really valued those that were "hard to find." This is how I first became interested in classic movies from the past.