General Chat

I liked Brigadoon though the later movie with Peter Falk (Columbo) less.

Unbelievably "Singing in the Rain" was almost a flop in 1952 but became what the Americans call "a slow burner" and possibly the best musical ever, though my vote for that would be a tie between "South Pacific ( the movie)" and "West Side Story" .

Expresso Bongo? I shall have to google it ... here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMzd1Rxj8RY
Good heavens that is surely Laurence Harvey!

Another one The Gene Kruppa story.

Oh yes Wend John Kerr, wasn't he lovely and didn't I weep buckets?

Meant to put the Five Pennies so thanks for that. Use to really like Danny Kaye.

The first film I ever saw was the Bells of St Marys in 1946 when I was six, my parents took me when we were on holiday.

Has anyone mentioned 'The Five Pennies' with Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye? I saw that in 1959 when I was twelve. The first film I saw, which I can only vaguely recall, is 'On the Town' when I accompanied my mother to the cinema, aged 3.

The second film I saw was 'South Pacific' in 1958, which my grandmother took me to see. I fell in love for the first time . . . with John Kerr!

With thanks to another thread, what about three coins in a fountain?

Didn't the individual cinemas all have different characters? We lived in, what was then. a small market town and we had two cinemas. The Savoy and the Embassy. The savoy had a restaurant where with my Mum I would have things like poached egg on toast.

There was a Gaumont in Southampton and also in Portsmouth, and Odeons in both places. So much more character than the 10 screen affairs we have now. Although only one or maybe two main films a week so I suppose the choice now is better.

@ Pat in Cyprus. Do you remember the cinemas in Walsall?

Savoy
Gaumont
Empire
Imperial
Classic
Palace (aka The Flea pit)


Just one now Ten screen cinema

I've lost track now.

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I notice that white Christmas and Hans Christian Anderson were pre 1956 but I definitely saw them with OH so maybe they took a while to get to Hampshire :-D

Never heard of Golden earrings Brenda but I was born in 1940 so late 40s I wouldn't have been going to the pictures, In fact didn't start really going until 1954/5 and then not regularly until I meat OH in 1956 (was only 15 when I met him and he was 17.

Forgot Calamity Jane too. Loved Howard Keel but never saw him live. did see Edmund Hockridge, he had a good voice, met him too as my Mum dragged me round to the stage door. He was very nice too.

All those memories!...think we all in that era went to the pics.
Anyone mention Golden Earrings or was that later?
I also saw Howard Keel live twice..he was very dishy!

Edit...think this was late 40's. remember now seeing it with my gran,!

Saw Howard Keel live twice and he was in his mid - late seventies and could still belt them out.

1953 Desert Song - Kathryn Grayson and Gordon McRae - teenager and thought it was soooooooooo romantic. Still do.

Forgot one of my favourites films Calamity Jane. How could I forget Howard Keel :-0

Very early 1960s Dad would give us (my sister + me) 2/- each to go to the pictures on a Saturday afternoon. 1/- for the seat, 6d for an icecream and bus fare. We walked and had some sweets as well.

We'd get the local paper out and see what was on. Many times we ended up in one of the 2 oldest cinemas, they did a lot of reruns so saw some of the earlier films. :-)

Sorry you are right Pat. sound of Music was 1965, my mistake. Can't think how we saw it though but we did never had babysitters then, or rarely, must have been a rare occasion.
Good to see the others on here. Easy to forget some isn't it? But weren't we lucky with all those to see, and I still love musicals. :-)

Sound of music was later about 1965/66.

What about

Singing in the Rain
The Duke Wore Jeans
Tommy the Toreador
Expresso Bongo
Brigadoon :-)

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Snap Rollo

Show Boat ( 1951 ), Singin' in the Rain ( 1952 ), My Fair Lady ( 1956), The Matchmaker (Hello Dolly) ( 1958),
West Side Story (1959)

The only ones I saw in 1956-60 were:
Don't Knock the Rock
Rock Around the Clock
King Creole
Country Music Holiday

The Lady and the Tramp was the first film I ever saw. I think I was three and,for some reason, I was sat on an usherettes fold-down seat for a few moments,so I jumped off and it sprang up with a termendous bang.

What about Moulin Rouge......saw this about 1953 with a Greek boyfriend...very handsome.....didnt last long...I was only 18 then.

met OH April 8th 1956 - his 21st birthday - was due to go to cinema with another boy, but didn't turn up, so when we were queuing to go in I was petrified the other would suddenly appear - he didn't!!!