The first movie you saw at the Cinema?

Serenity

My first Cinema experience was to see Bambi. I remember my nan taking us. Sitting on those red velvet covered seats, sitting up the top balcony, feeling OH so grand! Buying icecream from the usherette, funny how that sticks in your mind. The second film she took us to see was Walt Disneys Seven Dwarfs, it was marvellous, and I couldn't have been very old.

So what was your first Cinema outing to see?

Thumper · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject:

I think Iit was called the dark crystal, I cant really remember that much about the film. But I can remember my friend Kerry, Running round the balcony screaming, and her Mum Linda chasing her. Our mum never took us to the cinema with them again lol

The second film we saw was Pinocchio

Selious5 · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

Golly this takes me back. Used to go to the Saturday matinee. The town practically emptied of kids in those days with everyone at the pictures. Got into the picutres with a bag of sweets for less than a shilling (that's abot the same as today's 10p coin for all you young things!

Can't mind the very first film but I remember the serial they used to play

"Flash Gordon" - now I am giving my age away but good good times

redhead · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject:

Crikey thats a long way back , but I went to the flea pit as it was known to saturday matinee to see a James Bond film which one can't remember it was a smelly old place ,ripped seats , didn't buy ices or anything to dodgy I think me and mates only went to get out of the rain in those days there was no shopping malls , haven't been to pics for ages the old flea pit out me of for life

Serenity · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

I remember going to the Saturday morning pictures. We used to get 25p pocket money and that got us in the cinema and a bag of sherbet from the sweet shop oppostie. I remember singing along with the words on the screen that were highlighted by a bouncing ball, 'We are the girls and boys well known as minors of the ABC'! can't remember any more words lol. Each week they showed episodes from various films, one was a space film about a metal frog like spaceship some kids had found. Another was an Arabian adventure, all great fun, as long as you didn't miss a week lol.

Going back to the sherbet, it was the bright coloured sand-like stuff,served from huge jars, I used to like a mixture of pink and yellow, they put it in a paper bag for you, then we'd sit all through the film, dipping our finger in and sucking it off, to come out in the daylight with a brightly dyed finger!! Wonder what they put in that stuff? lol you dont see it nowadays...ahhhh those were the days

MJH · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

andypisces · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

has to have been errol flynn as robin hood .....love that movie and have video of it.....andypisces

astra babe · Newbie User Online: Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

My first trip to the cinema was with my mum and younger brother to see Pete's Dragon at the old pilot.I remember catching the bus and my older brothers stayed on the bus to carry on to the swimming pool.I still love to watch the film if it comes on the telly.

My second was to see E.T my older sister and her hubby took me and our younger brother to see it and i remember blubbing alot and still do now when it comes on, lol.....

Amber · Member User Online: Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 381

saturday matinees , the first film i can rembering seeing was "songs of the south" it was real people with animation brer rabbit.
I now have the video and still watch, singing along with zippy doda zippyed day my oh my what a wonderful day, plenty of sunshine plenty of rain zippidy doda zippyed day
MR, bluebird on my shoulder etc etc

think that film had an impact on me

daxxxx · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

1st film we saw in the pictures was Star Wars hmmm so thats where my scifi fascination comes from maybe lol

i remember the 1st movie i took my niece to see ..it was Cats ans Dogs ...we were sitting there room goes dark curtains swish open movie starts after 5 minutes Samantha turned to me and says in a LOUD voice Aunty Shirley where's the cats and dogs i don't want to watch tv !
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