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Memories of going to the “show.” (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 28, 2012
by Donette Lee While I cannot describe my first trip to the movies, I do remember that, when I was in preschool, Mother or Daddy would ask the other: “Do you want to go to the S-H-O-W?” But soon I began to answer, “I want to go, too!” and they had to quit spelling the questio read more
Movie memories: A new arrival. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 28, 2012
by Terry Coffey One film that really stands out in my memory is Darby O’Gill and the Little People, a 1959 Disney movie. I was seven years old and did not go to the movies much–I lived in Olive Branch, Mississippi, and you had to go all the way to Memphis to the movies, and we just didn& read more
The ballad of Cat Ballou. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 27, 2012
“I think half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in the valley.”
–Lee Marvin, upon accepting the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 Cat Ballou (Jane Fonda), a naive schoolteacher turned vigilante, sits in jail awaiting her execution by hanging. As a duo of singing cowboy read more
Horseathon: The Last Unicorn (1)
True Classics Posted by Carrie on May 26, 2012
Considering that lately I’ve been in a rebellious frame of mind, it’s fitting that my selection for the Horseathon stretches the rules of “horse” as well as “classic film.” Having grown up with horses, there is no other suitable excuse for what I am about to do, read more
A “horsey” movie memory. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 26, 2012
As a “bonus” entry for the Horseathon, hosted this weekend by Page of My Love of Old Hollywood, we present a movie memory revolving around one of the most famous “horse pictures” of all, written by our friend Del Oehms Hamilton. When I was growing up, we NEVER called it R read more
The genesis of a future film historian. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 25, 2012
by Kendra Bean I’ve been obsessed with the movies for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until my freshman year of college that I really learned to appreciate them. The film class at Sierra College in Rocklin, California was an elective course that attracted the lazy-minded, and those wanderin read more
Memories of a classic cinephile. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 23, 2012
by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. In conversations with many of my fellow classic movie buffs, I’ve learned that their viewing preferences often originated from their early experiences watching television in their formative years. I am no exception to this—my folks used the “glass furnace” as a babysitter read more
Movie memories: Annie (1982). (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 22, 2012
by Nikki S. The first movie I ever saw in a theater was Annie (1982). I was little and don’t remember much about the experience itself, but it was at the Esquire Theater, a movie house that had been in my hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for decades. As a matter of fact, my uncle worked read more
I’m “cinemental” (or maybe just “mental”). (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 21, 2012
Have you checked out The Cinementals yet? Founded earlier this year by three of our favorite classic film bloggers/prolific Tweeters–Will McKinley, Carley Johnson, and Jill Blake–The Cinementals has quickly become a must-read site for classic movie fanatics. From their insanely in-depth, read more
A special Fantasia birthday at Radio City Music Hall. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 21, 2012
by Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci My very first moviegoing experience turned out to be simply a warm-up, a dry run: I was about five years old, and I went to the Interboro Theater in the Bronx, where our family lived at the time, to see The Sound of Music (1965). It would have been great, except that I wa read more
Movie memories from a childhood in merry olde England. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 20, 2012
by Vicky Stringer While I didn’t get to go to the cinema very often as a wee young thing, I do remember exactly what my first-ever cinema viewing was: Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). We were on a day trip somewhere with my cousins; looking at the re-release date of 1983, read more
For the Love of Film: Young and Innocent (aka The Girl Was Young) (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 17, 2012
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme) is a film star on the rise. Her husband, who has apparently been away for several years, accuses her of cheating on him with other men. A fiery confrontation during a heavy storm ends with Christine slapping her husband several times, after which he goes out onto the ba read more
Movie memories from 1960s Memphis. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 16, 2012
by Anne Swearingen One of the first movies I ever saw–which is still one of my favorites–was on television just the other night: The Great Race (1965) with Tony Curtis. My Dad took me (just me!) to the movie in a big old theater in midtown Memphis. It’s a silly and funny movie, an read more
Afternoons at the movies with a dog named Spot. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 15, 2012
by Linda Ross Aldy I don’t really recall the first movie I saw. I do remember loading up with our family friends, the Brewers, in their station wagon and going to the drive-in quite a bit when we were younger! But I do not remember a single movie we saw. I remember getting the speaker when you read more
A double helping of movie memories. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 14, 2012
by Leah O’Gwynn Kackley My first movie experience was, believe it or not, Star Wars (1977)! The very first one. Or, as we understand now, actually movie number four. My mom took us to a movie theater, the Capri, that was in the Fondren area near Jackson (by the time I graduated high school, t read more
Movie memories and cowboy crushes. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 13, 2012
by Georgie Lawrence The first film I remember going to see at the movie theater was a re-release of Pinocchio (1940). My aunts took my cousins and me to go see it, and we were so excited. The one thing I wanted, more than anything, was a bag of popcorn. It smelled so good, and my mouth started wate read more
Now THAT’S comedy. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 12, 2012
I’ve previously mentioned my all-abiding love for the 1990s cartoon series Animaniacs here on the blog. Produced by Steven Spielberg, the show was more than a mere cartoon–it was a cleverly-constructed show that appealed to both adults and children with a hilarious combination of slapsti read more
She ain’t afraid of no ghosts (okay, maybe just a little). (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 11, 2012
by Lisa McCarty I don’t remember going to many movies when I was younger. We weren’t big moviegoers, though we watched a lot of movies on television thanks to the wonders of cable. When I was in the second grade, my mother took me to see a re-release of The Aristocats (1970). I don̵ read more
A collection of “mini” movie memories. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 10, 2012
I was very pleased to be invited to contribute to the new classic film site The Cinementals, which has quickly become one of the must-read attractions in the realm of classic movie blogging. As a part of our continuing monthly salute to “movie memories,” my first contribution features th read more
Submitted for your consideration. (1)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 9, 2012
It’s that time again … the Large Association of Movie Blogs (the LAMB) has opened up nominations for the 2012 LAMMY awards to recognize the best that film blogging had to offer in the previous year! If you are a LAMB, please consider nominating us for one of the categories listed in our read more