Mom would allow me to walk, by myself, several blocks to the Saturday matinee. No worries.
Before the movie, which cost about $.15, I would take my little nickel into the grocery store and load up with Sugar Babies and cinnamon jaw breakers to eat during the feature. Anybody remember Sugar Babies?
Don't remember the name (like I really should) of the movie, but I do remember a town being taken over by small frogs, and then the frogs grew larger...and larger... That was the kind of movie that terrorized people back in the mid-sixties. Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was as scary as it got. *shiver*
When I was 10, The Sound of Music thrilled my very soul. That prim and proper
children would sing their way through bad weather, a new nanny/stepmother, and escape the Nazis by singing a good-bye song was so cool. As a kid, I thought anything could be accomplished by singing. 'Debbie, where are you going?' Me singing: 'I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again...'
At thirteen, my first kiss from a boyfriend was in a movie house. A bunch of us kids met at the show to watch Romeo and Juliet. Right in the middle of the movie, he just leaned over and smacked me square in the kisser. I just sat there, stunned, and wished he'd never done that. We were close to the front, and I was just embarrassed. Yuck. I didn't like him after that, but apparently he liked it so much that he tried to do it again and again, and I had to keep fighting him off. But, I liked the movie and the English-ness of it, what I could see of it.
Sometime in that era, my parents actually had a date to see the close-to-X-rated Dr. Zhivago. Oooo, so sexy, it was. The ratings were different then, and I couldn't see it. Since, I've rented the movie a few times, and it's one of my favorites.
On one of our first dates when I was 17, Rick and I went to the drive-in to see Poseidon Adventure. Anything, anywhere with him! I was excited to go to the drive-in, because all I knew was that the drive-in was make-out city. Actually, we got so engrossed with the movie, we forgot to make-out. PA was just one of those movies. I still remember Shelley Winters swimming her size 16 body with a rope in her teeth through the water in the sinking ship to save all the people on board. Oh the thrill and excitement!
The rest is movie history. Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Billy Jack, ET...
Sorry to say that I cannot give you any history of this particular theatre. I only know that my family wishes it were alive again. The nearest old movie house in operation in this area is Daingerfield's where the movies show for $1.50 admission. What a bargain!
Quiz time!
1. What is the first movie you remember?
2. Which movie is your favorite?
3. What is the scariest movie you've ever seen?
4. Where did you see your first movie?
5. What movie would you recommend, and why?
See you in the funny papers.
1. Bambi
ReplyDelete2. Steel Magnolias
3. Tie- Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Pet Cemetery
4. The old movie theater in Carrollton, Texas. My mom worked there when she was a teenager.
5. Fireproof because of the awesome message.
P.S. Functioning antique movie theaters still exist! Our town (population 700) has a restored movie theater that plays one movie at a time. It is too cool. We don't have a Sonic, but we have a movie theater!
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ReplyDeleteWill have to think about #1... I mean, it's been eons ago - I'm sure it was a Disney movie.
ReplyDelete#2. Gone With The Wind - my all time favorite
Sound of Music runs a close second.
#3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre - First real horror movie - I was scared to death!
#4. the Tyler Theatre
#5. Blindside - it was great!
We had 3 downtown theatres. Two are closed, and the Liberty I think is being used for special engagements occasionally, or was. I miss the old theatres. It reallly felt like a "date" with the dark red tasselled curtains and the lighting!
This is such a neat post! Memory lane.
ReplyDeleteOk...first movie,I went with my older brother( I had to)to a movie called" Wait until dark" it made me have nightmares.
My favorite movie " Out of Africa"
Again..."Wait until dark" scariest.
First place I saw a movie was called "The Jefferson"
One that I would recommend...Pilgram's Progress by John Bunyan. Everyone needs to see this one. Hard to find, I recomend the animated one.
1. What is the first movie you remember?
ReplyDeleteThe Jungle Book - animated version from the
1960's.
2. Which movie is your favorite?
That's a tuff question because I have several.
Titanic (the 90's version), Band of Brothers
set, While You Were Sleeping w/Sandra Bullock
to name a few.
3. What is the scariest movie you've ever seen?
As a child I was scared sleepless by the 50's
Frankenstein and just recently I watched one on
the ScyFy channel called Rest Stop that scared
the bedickens (sp?) outta me.
4. Where did you see your first movie?
A little theater in North Carolina.
5. What movie would you recommend, and why?
The Brave One with Jodie Foster. I borrowed it
from my sister and it was much better than I
anticipated. It was about facing our fears,
and although it was pretty violent you almost
have to cheer for Foster's character. As a born
again Christian I don't condone her actions but
as a human can understand what made her snap.
Hope my answer is not too long or too boring...
Sign me, fellow sugar baby lover. ;o)
Where did you get that picture at the top of the page? I likey.
ReplyDeleteI remember going to see "The Headless Horseman". My Dad laughed so loud, most of the people there watched him more than the movie. I also remember "Where The Red Fern Grows". I'm not sure which was the first one I saw.
Can't choose a favorite, sorry.
I saw my first movie at the Princess Theater in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.
Which movie would I recommend? I don't like recommending. People are too different on their tastes.
Scariest movie? Well, I saw the Birds, and that scared me. But the creepiest was one with monster Tarantulas.