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Author Topic: The first movie you ever watched in a cinema Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-28-2003 12:51 PM                     It was either Dumbo at Radio City Music Hall or Camalot at the Cooper Theatre in Denver. 1968 would put me at about 6-years-old.  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-28-2003 01:00 PM                     Rhubarb (1951) at the Carlton Theatre, now renamed the Count Basie Theatre, where I recently helped with the restoration of film. What goes around, comes around, as the saying goes.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-28-2003 01:01 PM                        Too many to remember, but my first clear memory of seeing a film in a theater would be Fantasia at Graumann's Chinese in Hollywood (or was it Mutiny on the Bounty at the Vogue? ). We lived in Laurel Canyon at the time, so this had to be sometime around 1961-63, which would put me around 6-8 years old. Do drive-in's count? Again, too many to remember but West Side Story at the Gilmore in Hollywood, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea at the Olympic in Santa Monica come to mind.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-28-2003 02:23 PM                     I wanna say it was THE JUNGLE BOOK in or around 1967. Steve  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-28-2003 02:25 PM                       Paul, yes! Drive-ins! My early drive-in memories include: "Munster, Go Home" at the Hi-Way d/i, Mt. Sterling, KY At my hometown Sky-Vue d/i, Winchester, KY: "Support Your Local Sheriff" "Navy vs. the Night Monsters" "The Cheyenne Social Club" "Fantastic Voyage" "Planet of the Apes" "The Flim-Flam Man" "Corruption" (Yes, the Peter Cushing Brit horror film.) at the Circle 25 d/i, Lexington, KY Guess my first indoor movie would have been a Disney... maybe The Jungle Book, Bambi, or 101 Dalmatians, at the Leeds Theatre (or the Town Hall Theatre), Winchester, KY. Whichever was re-released about 65 or 66. Could've been "Million Dollar Duck", too. Whichever's the earliest, I don't know. A lot of that runs together in my mind from back then. One thing I do know for sure, I saw my first movies in drive-ins.  |  IP: Logged John McConnel Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Okmulgee, OK USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 12-28-2003 02:36 PM                        My first film was EASTER PARADE, at the John Eberson-designed Midwest, in downtown Oklahoma City. It was a good film, and a great theatre.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-28-2003 03:11 PM                        I don't remember the first one. I remember the three places I went to see movies at when I was a child: Mariemont Twin on the east side Of Cincinnati, OH Highway 28 Drive-In in Goshen, OH Showcase Eastgate, outside of Batavia, Ohio Between those three places I saw almost every kid's movie that came out between 1976 and 1988. Stand-Outs include: Popeye, Superman, Star Wars, and anything Disney.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-28-2003 03:26 PM                        Oooohhh drive ins Everett Motor Movie Godzilla with Teenagers from Outer Space. In my pajamas in my folks back seat hiding my face  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-28-2003 04:02 PM                  There are 3 that are still vivid in my mind. "Invaders From Mars", "The Blob", and "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers" being my "1st time." I had nightmares for months after seeing each one of those. YIKES! Pretty cheesey by today's crap, but to a 8 - 12 y/o back then .... >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-28-2003 04:28 PM                     There was a Bambi re-release in the mid-late 80's which was the first movie I saw in theaters. The one I really remember was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990 @ Cineplex Odeon Scott 72 cinemas ( now demolished )  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-28-2003 04:31 PM                       Phil, not at all. "Earth vs the Flying Saucers" used to scare the hell out of me when I was that age, too. So did "War of the Worlds" Still does.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-28-2003 04:52 PM                     I don't actually know the name of the first movie I saw. I remember it being a monster movie -- I want to say they were looking for Bigfoot but, really, I don't know. I saw a movie every Saturday and for a long time I never knew what I was seeing. It was just whatever kiddie show they were running that weekend. Cartoons, Three Stooges and a movie. The first one I ever watched where I knew the name of the movie was "The Sound of Music" but that is by no means the first movie I ever saw. Most impressionable movie experiences -- "Jaws" -- the movie made me look away from the screen. I decided to turn around and that's when I saw about 800 frightened faces, some of them screaming. Seeing *that* was more terrifying but that's when I started wanting to make movies. "Superman: The Movie" -- The first movie that I ever haunted. I went to see that movie every day for about two weeks. That movie fascinated me because the effects didn't look like effects. Very natural flight scenes. Mesmerizing. "The Empire Strikes Back" -- Before this movie, I never had any information about how movies were made but about a month before its release I read a magazine article about the special effects in this movie and when I finally saw them, I was hooked. Visual effects became a hobby of mine and I haven't lost interest yet. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" -- First movie I ever saw in a U.S. multiplex. Also the first movie I ever heard in )))Stereo((( "Willow" -- First 70mm presentation I ever saw. "The Doors" -- First movie I ever saw with my glasses on -- I actually cried when I realized that I hadn't truly seen all those movies I had watched prior to this. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" -- First movie I saw in a THX theatre (I think) -- Mann's Chinese in Hollywood. "Jurassic Park" -- First with digital sound.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 12-28-2003 05:41 PM                     My folks would always drag us kid to the State Drive-In (Columbus Ms.) during the 50's. Like Phil I remember The Blob back in '58. Most of the drive-in visits I would stand and look down into the projector booth watching the operator thread, replace carbons and do change overs. Go figure!! Don  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-28-2003 08:04 PM                     My first movie memory was seeing a submarine go across a drive-in screen (in black and white). That was the only memory I have from the film which my parents said was probably SINK THE BISMARK. The first walk-in was probably 101 DALMATIONS I saw at the Fox California theatre in Bakersfield, CA.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-28-2003 09:10 PM                        The first one I remember was "The Sound of Music." I went to the movie with my family one night, and my dad let me go back again the next night because the owners were friends of our family. The owner (the late great Don Herndon) let me come up to the booth with him where I stayed the whole evening. It must have made an impression on me because I'm still haunting the exact same booth almost 30 years later! The first movie I saw with digital sound was a trade screening of "Batman Returns" at some theatre in Salt Lake City. The first (and so far, only) movie I saw in "digital cinema" was "Shrek," at the AMC Pleasure Island 24 in Disney World.  |  IP: Logged

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