Cinema Memories

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/12/04 at 7:39pm

Some of mine are

1. Seeing my first 3 D Movie - House of Wax ( & having the hell scared out of me as a 7 year old kid)
2. Seeing How The West Was Won in Cinerama at the old Loew's Capitol in NYC & seeing a herd of buffalo stampede in my lap
3. Going to the old De Mille theater in NYC ( Mayfair) to see the 7 Hour War & Peace ( in 2 viewings )
4. Attending what was thought to be the final show @ Radio City ( I still have the program & ticket)
5. Seeing Casablanca & Maltese Falcon for the 1 st time 3 years ago

By the way, this may sound un american but I have never ever seen "It's A Wonderful Life"

Updated On: 11/12/04 at 07:39 PM

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/12/04 at 7:43pm

i remember tricking my step-father into taking us to see "Grease" by telling him it was a movie about gangs in the 1950s. when people starting singing he was like: "WTF???!!!"

[Plum]

Posted: 11/12/04 at 7:43pm

Being absolutely terrified of Ursula in The Little Mermaid, the first movie I saw in a theater.

Having a friend asleep on each of my shoulders during the abysmally boring The Musketeer. Updated On: 11/12/04 at 07:43 PM

[mabel]

Posted: 11/12/04 at 7:47pm

Oh my god, Plum! I was going to say I remember being SO scared of Ursula in The Little Mermaid when I saw it at the movie theatre as a kid. I remember bawling when the father was turned into the little shrivelly seaweed thing (what the hell was that anyway?!?!?!)

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 11/12/04 at 8:06pm

My mother used to tell me about when she was a child in the 30's and the 40's and there was a dish night at the movie. Every tivket holder got a free dish.

[MaTakeALookAtMe]

Posted: 11/12/04 at 9:37pm

Hiding in the floorboard of the car when my parents for some reason took a 4 year old child to see The Omen at the drive-in

[Jon]

Posted: 11/13/04 at 10:52am

Speaking of HOUSE OF WAX, did you know that the director, Andre DeToth, had one eye - therefore he couldn't actually see the 3-D effects!