What was the first Movie that you went to see at the Theater?

[Lostmessage]

My first movie was The Blob and it was the original one. On the way home my Mom and Dad took us kids to the donut shop and we refused to eat the jelly donuts.

The first drive in movie that I went to see was Ben.

[noonwitch]

1. The drive-in or an indoor theatre?

We used to go to the drive-in to see Disney movies all the time. I remember seeing "The Love Bug", "The Aristocats" and "Song of the South" (which I really want to see again as an adult and judge for myself whether it is racist or not) at the drive-in, as well as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", the first PG movie I ever saw. I didn't go to an indoor theatre until I was in jr. high. I went to see "Earthquake" because it was in surround sound.

[Lostmessage]

6. Both

:kick:

[terrya]

2. "Jason and the Argonauts"

That was the first film I remember seeing at the theater.

Amazing film then and now.

Terry

[Coventina]

3. Dumbo

I bawled my eyes out.

It still makes me cry.

[XNASA]

4. Drive-In Double Feature....

Robinson Crusoe on Mars



and....Robin and the Seven Hoods

[SlavesandBulldozers]

5. The Last Starfighter

oh man.

[Shananigans]

7. Care Bears...

I had nightmares for weeks!

[jimbo fett]

8. Probably some disney movie like "Escape from Witch Mountain"

[NoPasaran]

9. The first one I remember

Was the original 1,001 Dalmations. That was so long ago the theatre had ushers!

[harrison]

10. Don't remember the first movie in a theater, but I remember going

to a drive inn in the Mississippi Delta when I was really small. I remember it was hot as hell, suffocating humidity, and we had to put a smoking coil outside the car in order to keep the mosquitoes away. Ah, the good ole days. That would have been about 1959.

[BarbaRosa]

11. To Kill A Mockingbird

I still love that movie.

[elfwitch]

12. The first one I remember seeing....

My Mom always took me to Disney movies when I was a kid. The very first movie I REMEMBER seeing was Fantasia.

[wysimdnwyg]

13. Disney's Robin Hood

The animated one. At least, that's the first one I REMEMBER.

[mac56]

14. Disney's "Pinocchio".

1961 at the Cloquet Theatre in Cloquet, MN.

Add on edit: First drive in movie: "Ma And Pa Kettle At The Fair". 1962 at the Lake Drive-In Theatre, Moose Lake, MN.

[Lostmessage]

15. My Dad took the family to the Drive Inn

Shaft and The Godfather was playing and both movies was rated R and he didn't know it. When we went through the gate they told him that it was R rated because the movie had boob exposure. He thought we were going to sleep in the backseat but we made sure that we didn't fall asleep for both both of the movies.

[RebelOne]

16. You expect me to remember back over half a century?

[Lostmessage]

17. LOL

It was a quarter of a century for me.

[gator_in_Ontario]

18. Gone with the Wind

noooo not the original release. My mom took me when I was 5. Not the best movie to take a hyper easily bored child!

[Wonco_the_Sane]

19. Star Wars (1977 I think)

My older brother remembers better, he was 7 and I was 5

[Scottie72]

20. My first real movie was,

My first real movie was "Star Wars" at the local drive in theatre when I was about 6 years old.

[Spirochete]

21. As best I can remember

it was a Disney movie with Hayley Mills. Either Summer Magic, or The Moonspinners. I also remember seeing one called Bullwhip Griffin, with Roddy McDowell, but don't remember if that was before or after.

And now that I've dated myself, please pass the Geritol. hehe

[Anaxamander]

22. Conan...

...the Barbarian. I think I was like 6 years old.

[Jokerman]

23. Lady & The Tramp

The local dairy sponsored "Frasiers Free Show" after the Christmas parade.

I may have been along for the ride at drive in movies before this but this is the first one I remember.

[skypilot]

24. "Flareup" starring Raquel Welch

Has ANYONE else ever seen this movie?

[tigerbeat]

25. The Sound of Music

nt

[myrna minx]

26. The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

"…and they called them The Apple Dumpling Gang."
- Randy Sparks and the Back Porch Majority (from the title song)

Review By: Jeff Rosado
Published: September 15, 2003

Stars: Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway
Other Stars: Harry Morgan, John McGiver, Slim Pickens, David Wayne, Clay O'Brien, Brad Savage, Stacy Manning, Don Knight
Director: Norman Tokar

MPAA Rating: G for (nothing objectionable)
Run Time: 01h:40m:24s
Release Date: September 02, 2003
UPC: 786936192421
Genre: family
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DVD Review
Although not in the same league as Mary Poppins or endearingly goofy as the teenaged Kurt Russell comedies, Walt Disney's The Apple Dumpling Gang has earned a soft spot in many of the studio's live-action aficionado's hearts for its gentle family comedy, keen period detail and the first-time teaming of comedy legends Don Knotts and Tim Conway.

Set in the 1800s, our story centers on roving gambler Russel Donavan (Bill Bixby) who becomes instant daddy to three orphans presented as the "valuables" of one John Wintle (Don Knight), an unlucky loser in a recent card game who's turned the tables on his opponent to say the least. Not ready to settle into the role of single father, Donavan tries in vain to pass the youngsters off onto prospective parents, but no takers... at first. Without strict parental supervision, the kiddies wander into the hills and with a little help from Mother Nature, become the lucky recipients of a super-sized gold nugget. Suddenly, everyone wants to play Mommy and Daddy! But that's not the only hurdle in the way as two bumbling outlaws (Knotts, Conway) estranged from their former gang, want to collect the booty... unless their old cronies headed up by the mean 'n' ruthless Frank Stillwell (Slim Pickens) get to it first.

Somewhat slow and tedious by today's fast paced standards, Dumpling will play better in the eyes of the older Disney faithful, western lovers in the mood for something lighthearted and fans old enough to remember such familiar faces from the 1970s as Bixby (television's future David Banner from The Incredible Hulk), M*A*S*H's Harry Morgan, and of course, Conway and Knotts, whose timeless slapstick provides many of the film's high points. Susan Clark also captivates as a Calamity Jane-esque character who plays a significant role in the children's lives.

Rating for Style: B
Rating for Substance: B-
http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=5127

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. The Sound of Music. 1974

:hi:

[qb]

28. Born Free

The theater was sold out, but my dad must have told them a sob story, because we ended up watching it through a window in the projection booth!

[Kickin_Donkey]

29. Dumbo ...

mid-1960s.

[INTELBYTES]

30. The first one I can really remember was "Return to Witch Mountain".

[NightTrain]

31. I think it was "The Poseidon (sp?) Adventure"

I remember seeing it with my parents when I was six.

[curlyred]

32. How the West was Won

on that silly panorama screen.

[Osiris]

33. Mrs. Doubtfire.

Horrible, horrible movie. :puke:

[CBHagman]

34. "We refused to eat the jelly donuts" -- LOL, Lostmessage!

And now you've gotten that "Blob" song into my head, where it will remain for the rest of the evening. (You know, "Beware of the Blob!").

I have a vague recollection of being taken to one of those traumatizing Disney cartoons (e.g., "Bambi" or "Pinocchio") as a very small child, but the earliest clear memory I have of going to the movies was the time my parents took us to the drive-in to see "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm." We kids wore pajamas and brought our pillows and blankets, and naturally I slept through much of the film, though I managed to wake up for Buddy Hackett's final scene in the movie.

AMC ran the movie a few years ago, and I was surprised to learn Russ Tamblyn had quite a large part in it. I also recognized some of the sites in Germany used for filming.