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Post by spiderwort on Mar 13, 2017 16:27:23 GMT
Those seen in a theater upon their release. This, of course, will vary upon the age of the poster.
These are among the ones I remember most vividly - some wonderful, some silly, some just plain terrible. The first two impressed me the most, and I will love them for as long as I live.
Old Yeller
The Searchers
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Shaggy Dog
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Mole People
There are probably more; if I think of them, I'll add them later.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 13, 2017 17:15:17 GMT
"The Shaggy Dog" was my 5th birthday present film. I can remember having dinner at the Green Frog Mexican Restaurant before going. That was obviously a big thing for me.
We went to the drive-in almost every weekend, so I was always seeing movies, including all of the Disney films. I can remember waiting in line for hours to see "Mary Poppins" the first week it opened when I was 10.
Going to Hollywood to see Cinerama was a very big deal. Saw "The Wonderful World of Brothers Grimm" and "How The West Was Won" at the Warner Hollywood when I was about 7 & 8.
A film that made a lasting impression on me and the first film I walked out on was "The Magic Sword," which was for another birthday but not my choice.
The greatest coup was when I got Mom to agree to let me see "Goldfinger" for my 11th birthday. Normally, if the PTA and Parent Magazines did not give approval, I did not get to see it, but Mom finally said okay. Within the year, she took me to a revival of "Psycho" because my brother wanted to see it. I was out in the lobby calling Daddy to come get me, which he did. I had to have him check the shower before I would go into the bathroom.
And between 1964 and 1966, I saw "A Hard Day's Night" seven times.
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 13, 2017 18:41:35 GMT
Jack the Giant Killer
Fritz the Cat (hehe-x-rated cartoon)
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 13, 2017 19:14:12 GMT
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
E.T
The Dark Crystal
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Krull
Ghostbusters
Back To The Future
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Post by maxwellperfect on Mar 13, 2017 19:23:33 GMT
The first movie I saw in a theater was 'The Snow Queen' (1966) a Russian adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson story that was also the basis for 'Frozen' decades later.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 13, 2017 20:01:19 GMT
I was in early elementary when my west Texas town got its own TV station. There was a “late movie” from 10:30 to midnight (station sign-off). Once in a while, my dad would let me sit up with him to watch. That was when I saw two mystery films that have stayed with me since forever. They made me a movie lover as well as a life-long reader of mysteries.
And Then There Were None / René Clair (1945)
D.O.A. / Rudolph Maté (1950)
Probably the first time I went to the movies without my parents was to see:
Davy Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier / Norman Foster (1955)
We went as a family to the drive-in all the time. Some of my father’s favorites came back to town several times. I remember repeated viewings of:
High Noon / Fred Zinneman (1952)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo / Mervy LeRoy (1944)
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Post by shield on Mar 13, 2017 20:22:26 GMT
The first movie I can remember is some Asterix-movie on a matinée-showing. The next are Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back. Probably was some movie inbetween there or even before but those are the first I remember
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Post by shield on Mar 13, 2017 22:07:27 GMT
Yeah, when a movie was a Movie and I'm guessing a release was such a bigger deal than it is today and seeing them on the big screen was a real treat. I like a very wide variety of movies and have dabbled a little before in classics but I've just discovered that there are a lot of good movies from that era that I've missed. These forums are a great inspiration for me and I've just seen The Last of Sheila which I loved that was recommended here! I'm not that much into movies from my country from that era, many of which was bad slapstick like this example from a popular serie called Asa Nisse (Åsa Nisse).
I might start a thread asking for "Must"-viewing for classic movies. I like Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant the most so far but I fear the suggestions might be so many that I don't know where to start...
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Post by london777 on Mar 13, 2017 22:45:52 GMT
The first film I saw was Fantasia (1940). I was maybe 4 or 5 years old. Kind neighbors took me as a treat. I ruined it for them and everyone else within ten rows by demanding explanations of every scene in a loud voice. I do not think I got to go again for at least a year.
In the immediate post-war period my parents went to the cinema twice or thrice a week as there were three main release theaters in our small suburban town and not much else to do, at least that they could afford. No TV in those days. They took me as it was cheaper than hiring a baby-sitter. My admission cost 6 old pence (less than three US cents, though worth more then).
I saw a load of films and was left with a library of vestigial memories, which I have been trying to label with film titles ever since.
The ones that most stuck in my mind were ones that terrified me. Worst was "Uncle Silas" (1947). I still wet myself if I stumble on the name Silas unexpectedly. I also seem to remember getting my first boner at age 7 watching Jean Simmons being menaced so I guess they were early sado-masochistic feelings? She remained my ideal woman for two more decades and my first wife was very much in her style of looks.
I was an intelligent and rational kid so I did not believe in ghosts, monsters (or God for that matter). But one film that did terrify me was an English B-movie in pseudo-documentary style which demonstrated how mental disturbance could cause one to see ghosts, i.e. ghosts had (allegedly) a scientific explanation and were therefore possible.
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Post by marshamae on Mar 14, 2017 1:03:57 GMT
My first film was Wizard of Oz.
Disney's Peter Pan was very influential. I was about 3. Was so obsessed with it that mom got me a map of Never land and two large wooden marionettes of Peter and Hook. I adored them . Later, Davy Crockett ( pretty sure first show on TV as part of Disney's Tv show,) , lady and the tramp, the cheesy German Heidi were films. That stayed with Mr
The Shirley Temple films used to play on a special Saturday afternoon theater. It was the 4 best ,I think, Rebecca if Sunnybrook Farm, Heidi, Captain January, and Wee Willie Winkie. The musical Daddy long Legs made a big impression. I had an older sister who wore the kind of clothes Leslie Caron found in her college trunk. I admired her and tried to be like her.
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Post by gunshotwound on Mar 14, 2017 3:39:46 GMT
I went to the movies all the time when I was growing up. We lived about a mile from downtown and there were 3 theaters within a block of each other. My parents would drop us (also my brother & sister) off, stay long enough to make sure we had no trouble buying a ticket and then they would leave. We walked home afterwards. In those days you did not have to worry about all the bad things that happen to kid these days. We always went to a matinee. During the summer every Saturday morning the main theater would show a kids movie and the admission was 6 RC Cola caps. I remember lots of movies.
Big Red (the first movie that I remember seeing in a theater and the only movie I ever saw with my parents) How the West Was Won The Sword in the Stone (an all other Disney movies) The Evil of Frankenstein Pyro-The Thing Without a Face The Train Commando The Raven The Nutty Professor The Birds Captain Sindbad Duel of the Titans Flipper Billie A Zebra in the Kitchen Around the World under the Sea Spencer's Mountain Help! (the first movie I ever saw in the evening. A couple of older kids on the block chaperoned us younger kids) Rosemary's Baby (the first "R" rated movie I ever saw. I was 13 but I was with my neighbor who was 15 and they let is in)
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Post by larryv on Mar 14, 2017 3:57:10 GMT
Star Wars:A New Hope.....every friends birthday party in 77, we went to the theater see this. I didn't mind as 8yr old me could have watched it 100 times.
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Post by louise on Mar 14, 2017 6:45:08 GMT
A Hard day's Night
the Moon-Spinners
That Darn Cat
Mary poppins
The Jungle Book
Dr Dolittle
Chitty Chitty bang bang
The Love Bug
The Great St Trinians Train Robbery
I saw a great many older films at the cinema as well, Disney films like Snow White, Cinderella, peter pan etc, and others. Films uesd to go the rounds of the cinemas for many years after their release in those days.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2017 14:30:05 GMT
Another all day Saturday matinee for $.25 goer here.
Especially memorable:
The Little Fugitive
Shadow on the Wall (gave me nightmares for weeks "they" tell me)
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Lavender Hill Mob
Roman Holiday
Plus we went to all of the pictures that opened at Radio City Music Hall where it didn't cost all that much more plus you got to see the stage show with the Rockettes..
AND innumerable Warner Brothers features with "Olde Timey - 30's" Bogart, Garfield, Cagney gangster movies via TVs Million Dollar Movie
<I see that there are links to IMDb pages posted but I cannot quite figure out how to do it.(yet)>
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2017 14:46:06 GMT
Shadow on the Wall www.imdb.com/title/tt0042952/reference<trying the link thing> Nancy Davis was in this one and Ann Sothern was not a nice lady. "A woman kills her beautiful sister in a rage after finding out she has an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the murder." For some reason this picture really scared me. I suspect I had no business seeing it in my infancy ! |
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 15, 2017 15:17:50 GMT
Shadow on the Wall www.imdb.com/title/tt0042952/reference<trying the link thing> Nancy Davis was in this one and Ann Sothern was not a nice lady. "A woman kills her beautiful sister in a rage after finding out she has an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the murder." For some reason this picture really scared me. I suspect I had no business seeing it in my infancy ! Welcome and YES, That film and "The Window" are very scary films for children. They were made worse for me in that I witnessed a crime and was threatened when I was about 8 or 9 years old and scared forever. Many years later, I ran into the guy when I went to buy a car and he was the salesman. Even though I wanted the car very much, I got the hell outta there before ne recognized me. And I still won't watch "Wait until Dark" since I saw it as a kid. |
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