Movie memories

[markfp2]

Having grown up in the '50s and from the earliest of years been a film buff, I've seen many, many movies over the decades. When I think of a film I've seen, not only can I remember the film, but I also remember the theatre where I first saw it and usually what the second feature was and who I saw it with. I'm not just talking "special" films like the first time I saw "Ben-Hur" (1959, Ritz theatre in Albany NY, with my Dad and we sat in the first row of the balcony) I mean just about every film I've ever seen. I'm sure this is no special talent, but it just amazes me that I can remember all these details from 45 years ago yet I'm lucky to remember what I had for lunch yesterday. Maybe it's just because films have played such an important part in my life thatI can remember the details.

 

[classicsfan1119]

Hi Mark! I, and a few other fine people who post with us on these boards, can also remember what it was like to "go to a show" all those many years ago...and it was a much richer experience then than it is today. A few of us can go back to when we were kids who experienced the Saturday Matinee's that movie houses in our communities reserved just for us, and where we could spend the whole afternoon having the best time of our lives, and like you, we can clearly remember many details about the movies, the stars, and the theatres, too, that still warm our hearts when we bring them back to memory.

 

Now. Where did I leave my slippers when I took them off last night? ML

[kenwal34]

Hi Mark and welcome!

I can go back a bit more than you and remember when I first saw CAPTAIN MARVEL flash on the screen in 1941.Like classicsfan I was one of the Saturday Matinee kids who cheered our heroes and booed our bad guys.Its always good to hear from someone who remembers what seeing a movie was REALLY like!!

Ken