creekland Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 I missed Bambi because I refused to eat my soup. My mom stayed home with me while my dad took my older brother. I know I had gone to movies before that but not sure which ones. The earliest memory I have is of some Santa Claus and Martians type of movie. Wow - that's a memory I'm not sure your parents expected would carry into adulthood... If Bambi was re-released in '75, then I was 7 or 8, not 4 or 5. I guess my memory regarding what happened what year isn't the greatest! I like having seen practically every movie people have mentioned. Oh... and I never knew one could literally use up their "likes." I have... but I'm still enjoying this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Pinocchio, scared the crap out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The very first movie I ever saw on the big screen was the original Clash of the Titans back in 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think it was Interiors. I went with my father and my father's girlfriend during my parents' divorce. I can't tell you how uncomfortable that was. About the same time, my mother and her partner were taking me to see propaganda films from communist China. It was an odd life. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamzanne Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 An American Tail, although I didn't make it through it. I was five and Fievel becoming separated from his family was too much for me to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Song of the South? Was that the official name? I don't know. It was a Disney movie and would have been 1980. I went with my K class on a field trip. My friends and I were singing Zippity Doo Dah all over the place afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The original 101 Dalmatians. Me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I have vague memories of going to the drive-in theater. We would wear our jammies and play on the playground until it got dark enough for the movie. After the first cartoon movie or two, we kids would fall asleep in the back of the station wagon and my parents would watch the main feature. When we got home, Dad would carry us in to our beds. It was a cheap way to go, because Mom would pack a picnic-style dinner for us to eat. I do not remember a single title, though. I do remember getting all dressed up in our "Sunday best" to go see The Sound of Music when it was released. My grandparents were visiting from out of town, and they bought the tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Doctor Doolittle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 How the West was Won - it was a Cinerama film and we had to go to Hollywood to see it and took Grandma, too - I remember how scared I was of the buffalo stampede - and the family shooting the rapids! Saw it June 21, 1964 - I have the souvenir book Grandma bought and wrote in from the movie! I would have been less than a week away from my 5th birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I vaguely remember Bambi. But I do remember seeing Beetlejuice with my mom except I was sick and we had to leave early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Dr Doolittle. I must have been about 5 years old. Mom was having surgery and dad had to distract 3 little daughters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I saw Ghost when I was 10, and prior to that I had never been to a movie theater. No, I have no idea why my mom thought that was appropriate for a 10 yr old lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 It's probably Bedknobs and Broomsticks. We saw a lot of movies as a kid. That's the earliest memory though, 1971, I would have been 4. I still remember the theater we went to because it wasn't our regular theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The Sound of Music in the 1960s. That's mine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 ET I may have seen others first, but I remember ET. I was little. Remember the scene in the cornfield? I was getting tense. Instead of sitting on my bottom, I was crouching and slowly rising in my seat. Dad reached over to calm me down. The problem was he reached out to touch me right when ET was reaching out. The theater got an earful. I know we watched Fox and the Hound and Annie when I was little, too, but I don't know which was first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 This topic is making me smile. We watched Star Wars yesterday and ds2 spent the entire time asking me about my reactions to each part of the film in 1978 when I was 5. It was pretty funny. Song of the South was the title of Disney's version of the Uncle Remus stories. There were re-releases in 1980 and sometime in the mid-'80s. (I went to the 1980 one at the outdoor and don't remember almost anything about it other than being excited about going to the outdoor). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Care Bears. The local grocery store was encouraging kids to buckle their seatbelt, if you did a certain number of times you received free tickets. I'm pretty sure the only reason my dad took us was because it was free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSAcademy Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Gremlins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Bambi for me too! Although I cried and my mother almost left because I was so upset when Bambi's mother died. We were with friends whose daughters were a little older than me so we didn't leave. I actually remember liking it. Re: Star Wars. My seventh grade class actually went on a field trip to see it! I remember this clearly, with the music-it was one of the most fun school days that I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraswati Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The Fox and the Hound. I'm not sure if it was my first, but the first I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I have a very vague memory of the car breaking down on a trip, and we got to go see a disney princess movie in the theater. It probably would have been a re-release of Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. I would have been in the age range of 3-7. Its pretty vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 "Breakfast at Tiffany's." My parents went to a drive-in to see this. My brother and I had no choice but to go with them (and try to sleep in the back seat). Accordingly, this was in 1961, making me six at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The musical Oliver! in 1968. We also bought the soundtrack and my father and I frequently sang and acted out some of those songs. What fun memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I doubt it was really the first one, but the first I can clearly remember seeing in a theatre was Mary Poppins in 1964. Bill ETA: The slow working mind now remembers seeing West Side Story at the Music Hall Theatre in either 1961 or 1962 when I was 3 or 4. My Dad also took me to see a lot of Japanese films (expecially those of Kurasowa) when I was really little at a very cool theatre that specialized in such films that was in the (then) heart of the Japanese community in Los Angeles. I (of course) didn't understand any of the dialogue, and couldn't read the subtitles, but I loved the sweep of the big samauri movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Follow That Bird. Somewhere around 1985. And I remember the film stopped about halfway through, nearly causing a riot of young elementary patrons, LOL. The movie did restart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Probably Star Wars. I do remember seeing Jesus Christ Super Star before that, but that might have been at church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 If Bambi was re-released in '75, then I was 7 or 8, not 4 or 5. I guess my memory regarding what happened what year isn't the greatest! You know, I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if it made the rounds sometime in between 1966 and 1975? I was an infant in 1966. My youngest sister was born in 1972, and we moved when she was 2, so in 1974. But when we went to see Bambi, my youngest sis hadn't been born yet, and it was definitely the theater in the town we lived in before we moved. I remember the car (my mom's blue car) and theater (the one we drove by so often, and we were SO excited to go inside!) very clearly, and both were from before we moved to Oregon. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think the first one I saw on screen was Sleeping Beauty. It was a double feature with Black Hole (I didn't like either movie). But I think we had done a drive in before that, but at them moment I can't remember what we saw. It was also a double feature. I remember going to sleep in the back of our truck (it had a cab), during the 2nd movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 ET at the drive in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I went and looked it up. Black Hole couldn't have been the 1st movie I saw, because I did see Star Wars at the movies, and it came out before Black Hole. I remember that I saw Star Wars at the Deptford 6, which at the time looked so new and impressive. I saw Black Hole at a tiny movie theater in our town, which became an adult movie place soon after. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 You know, I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if it made the rounds sometime in between 1966 and 1975? I was an infant in 1966. My youngest sister was born in 1972, and we moved when she was 2, so in 1974. But when we went to see Bambi, my youngest sis hadn't been born yet, and it was definitely the theater in the town we lived in before we moved. I remember the car (my mom's blue car) and theater (the one we drove by so often, and we were SO excited to go inside!) very clearly, and both were from before we moved to Oregon. Cat 1971 or 1972 would have matched what I thought... but I've no idea if I can trust my memory or not. Yours sounds more clear since it's based upon whether your younger sis was here or not. My sister is one year older... I know she was at the movie with me. ;) This has been a very fun thread to read. Most of the movies I've seen and can recall a little bit of when I saw them (who I was with, circumstances, etc). It's been a nice reminisce. Now I'm wondering if I should go back and count the Bambis. It seems like it was a popular one for a "first" movie for those of us old enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nyssa Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The Last Remake of Beau Gest, at the drive in. I can't recall anything of it though, and the movie itself seems to have faded into obscurity. I think that was the first movie I saw, but I do remember seeing Star Wars and Fantasia the same year, and I remember them quite well & loved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I'm pretty sure it was Puff the Magic Dragon, lol. We didn't go to the movies much, when I was a kid, because we didn't have a theater in our small town! I do remember seeing Grease at the drive-in with my grandparents, but I don't recall which came first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Joe vs the Volcano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Now I'm wondering if I should go back and count the Bambis. It seems like it was a popular one for a "first" movie for those of us old enough. I noticed the high number of Bambis also. I wonder what year(s) of rerelease they represent. I assume no one was talking about the 1942 original release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think it was Lion King. I became obsessed shortly after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 "Empire Strikes Back". I fell asleep sometime during the Dagobah training segment (I was 3 1/2) and woke up when Luke was dangling from Cloud City and had no idea what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 1776 in 6th grade with the entire 6th grade class at school. It was 1976 when it came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The very first movie I ever saw on the big screen was the original Clash of the Titans back in 1981. I remember being scared by that one. What were my parents thinking bringing me at 4 y.o.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Grease and Jaws (double feature!) at the drive-in with my mom and dad. I'm not sure I was supposed to be awake for either...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen State Sue Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The Bible, and the big screen was an outdoor drive-in movie theater. I don't remember much of it because I was in my pj's in the back of our station wagon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Herbie the Love Bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBMama Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Strawberry Shortcake - I remember that I was very nervous. I thought the "real" characters were actually going to be there live. The first drive-in movie I remember seeing was the original 101 Dalmatians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Gremlins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholarly Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Ghostbusters My teenage aunt took me when I was 4 and I've been scared of ghosts ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The first one I really remember is The Blue Lagoon because my Mom got into an argument with the ticket lady who tried to tell her it was inappropriate for me to see. (I was 8.) But I know I saw Grease many times in the theater (I think it was seven total) and I saw Star Wars. Based on release dates, Star Wars would have been the first I just don’t really remember going to see it. I would have been 5. But I know by family story that the actual first was Snow White. It’s memorable to my Dad because I threw up all over him in the middle. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Song of the South, must have been the 1986 re-release, school field trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Joe Versus the Volcano, at least in part, only because it immediately preceded the movie we were actually going to see which was Gremlins 2. I don't know if we just went in really early or what. I must have been 8 or 9 at the time but I watched Gremlins 2 again when I was much older and it was so much scarier than I remembered it being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deee Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Bambi - we had to leave because my mother got so upset (she's a nurse and usually quite tough;) ) D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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