What was the FIRST movie you ever saw at a theatre and with whom?

[greguganus]

Mine was "The Green Slime" and my Dad was friends with the owner so we got to watch it from the balcony. I remember they had a guy dressed up as the 'Slime' walking up and down the aisles trying to scare people during the movie.

[Nicole]

1. Bambi with my daddy & brother n/t

[China_cat]

2. I'm not sure if it was Bambi or Snow White

with my mother.

[ForrestGump]

3. Don't recall...may have been "Battle of Britain" or "Run Wild, Run Free,"

both from 1969...I think I saw the first with my father (maybe both parents...think I saw it twice at the theater, actually) and the second with my mother. May well have first seen some Disney cartoon or movie, though -- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a strong contender, though I was only four when that came out and maybe I saw it a year or three later.

I saw Fiddler On The Roof (1971) early on -- didn't understand a thing about it, but loved "If I Were A Rich Man" and Dr Zhivago (obviously in rerelease) early on, too...both a little beyond me at seven or so years old, but I haven't seen Dr Zhivago since and yet I still recall the stunning cinematography and the scenery in the shots from the train.

[Coonce-Ewing]

4. My first film

was "The Harder They Come" with my parents.

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

5. Who you going to call

outdoors - Ghostbusters - that I can really remember
Indoors - Return Of The Jedi - I have a faint memory of seeing this

[miss_american_pie]

6. ET

and one of my parents, but I can't remember which one

[Hissyspit]

7. My mother, but I wouldn't remember what movie it was. My first drive-in

movie was "True Grit."

I know I saw "Doctor Doolittle" with her in a theatre. Also "Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.," starring Dick van Dyke, "Valley of the Gwangi," "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" (a very under-rated movie), "Blackbeard's Ghost," "The Boatniks," etc.

[greguganus]

16. 'True Grit' was my first Western at a theatre n/t

[RetroLounge]

8. I believe it was some Disney movie

Bedknobs and Broomsticks, maybe.

It was at the Will Rogers theatre on belmont Avenue in Chicago, and with my Grandmother and 2 brothers...

RL

[grannylib]

9. First one I remember was "Help" in London; I was 5. Went with my brother

who was 15.

[yellowdogintexas]

10. "Alice in Wonderland" and I was with my mom

and one of her friends and her daughter.

Possibly others before that just don't remember

[terrya]

11. "Jason and the Argonauts"

With my friend, Mike Cook. Excellent movie. This is the first one I remember seeing in a theater.

[YankeyMCC]

12. Wow that's a pretty good question

and I can't answer it for certain at all. I'm pretty sure Star Wars was the first one I saw on my own with friends but my parents must've taken me to see something before that...hmmm you know it might have been one of the Herbie the Love Bug movies.

[bikebloke]

13. Pepé

With my grandmother. Or maybe In Search of the Castaways. Thoughit was a long, long time ago and those are the two I remember from way back then.

...Wait, I just checked IMDB. Pepe came first. Castaways was released a couple years later. So Hayley Mills was my first Hollywood crush.

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. I'm not sure...

but it was probably something like "Snow White" or "Bambi" with my parents. Mom says I was about a year old when they took me to my first movie and that I was actually pretty well behaved.

[txwhitedove]

15. Bambi, with my step-grandmother.... I cried, and cried.....

[greguganus]

17. Remember "Tomasina"? (sp)

About that cat that died and the witch brought it back to life? I remember my older sister taking me to that movie when I was little she took home before it was over because I wouldn't stop crying!

[txwhitedove]

21. Yes, that one and Pollyanna, still cry everytime.

What was the movie with the old Irish man who died and his dog lay on his grave at the end?

[City Lights]

18. The first one I remember seeing is "The Sound of Music."

I went with my mom, sister(s?), aunt and cousins.

[nosillies]

19. Another Bambi here

With my Mom's friend, my dance teacher. I don't much remember it, but I was told that it really scared me.

[Cannikin]

20. Jungle Book at a drive in with my parents

[Dinger]

22. Snow White, With Mom & Siblings

I was 5

[ashling]

23. I think it was

Darbey O'Gill and the Little People at the Star theatre in Galveston, Tx with my brother and our friend Mike Mckenzie and his brother Bobby, who used to beat me up.
we ame home and ran around in the front yard, one of us pretending to be the banshee

[gollygee]

24. Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees

my mom and sister

[NMDemDist2]

25. rumor has it my Mother took me to Gone with the Wind as an infant

in arms (but many years after it was released LOL)

[sarge43]

26. The first one I remember seeing

was Christopher Columbus (1949) with Frederic March. My father took me; we also saw American in Paris together. Looking back, I think my mother kicked us out so she could have some 'space' for a couple of hours.

[laylah]

27. I am thinking it was either

"The Lady and the Tramp" or "The Wizard of Oz". I also saw "Bambi" and "Love Me Tender", the first three with my sibs in our hometown of 1100 people in Illinois, for *gasp* 25 cents (WTF happend to the "cents" key on keyboards????), "Love Me Tender" when I was 5 at a theatre with the woman I refer to as my 2nd Mom.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. Pollyanna when I was about 3, with my mom.

I fell asleep.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" with my parents.

[maveric]

30. My Dad took me to see Dumbo when I was 2.

I have vague memories of that.

[CanuckAmok]

31. With parent: Dumbo (at a drive-in...remember those?)

With friends: the original, Adam West/Burt Ward Batman movie, at the Princess Theatre in iangara Falls Ontario.

[BrotherBuzz]

32. Bambi - '57 release

Pops drove the new station wagon and took just about the entire neighborhood (us kids were packed in pretty damn tight and couldn't shift much, so we didn't need seat belts ).

[MsKandice01]

33. The first I remember seeing was 9 to 5

..with my mom and her best friends. I'm sure I saw movies before then but 9 to 5 was the first one I remember.

By the way, it's such a crackup to watch that movie now and realize how much stuff went over my head as a kid. I was SHOCKED when I saw the scene where they were smoking pot as an adult. As a kid, I had no idea.

[nuxvomica]

34. The Music Man (1962)

Not a bad first movie to see. I was 7 at the time (one year younger than Ron Howard) and I'm pretty sure that was my first time in a theater.

edit: I didn't say with whom. My dad brought the whole family. We rarely went to the movies but he was a big fan of that one. Later that year, I saw another one, Lady and the Tramp, with all the kids at my best friend's birthday party.

[bigwillq]

35. ET

with my parents and sister.

[StellaBlue]

36. Pretty in Pink

awwwwww

[sakabatou]

37. I can't remeber

[skygazer]

38. Sleeping Beauty with my family

I was very young - 5 or 6 maybe - and terrified of the witch when she turned into a fire breathing dragon and talked about all the demons of HELL!

It was wonderful.

[RevCheesehead]

39. Jungle Book with my mom and li'l brother.

[SaveElmer]

40. My first was SOund of Music with family....first PG movie

Was "Skyjacked"

ANd my first R rated movie was "Saturday Night Fever"

[Critters2]

41. Might've been Bambi. Or Pinocchio. Not sure

With my parents, I'm sure.

First live theatre I saw was Peter Pan with Mary Martin at the RKO Orpheum. Also with my parents.

[RevolutionaryActs]

42. I think it was Beauty and the Beast, when I was four or five.

I went with my mom and dad.



At least I think that was the first.

[alcibiades_mystery]

43. Star Wars

with my Mom and Brother. Northern Boulevard and Main Street, Flushing Queens, Keith's RKO.

[deadparrot]

44. Beauty and the Beast, with my mom.

[likesmountains 52]

45. I remember getting dressed up to go see" Please Don't Eat the Daisies"

Must have been 1960. I remember my mom took us, and she had on high heels and wore a hat..

[seemunkee]

46. Pinocchio

I don't know who else was there but my mom was. I hid in her lap from Monstro

[Lavender Brown]

47. Back to the Future

with my entire family. I was five-ish.