About being more mature...(better than the "O" word) What was the first movie that you remember..

[Stuart G]

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being advertised on TV?.......I wonder if anyone can beat this.. Singin' in the Rain ..1952

I finally saw it in a movie theater (during a special showing for a holiday) on a full screen in early 1980s....
......yes, far better than other forms...but if you have never seen this movie....................

See it whatever.....could be the finest musical movie ever made...(dancing, singing, script. songs..etc)
.........and often rated that way...
...IMBD (Internet Movie Data Base).Singin In The Rain. & ...: 8.3..out of ten
...by comparison...High Noon...Great Western.......................8.0 out of ten
...another comparison: Star Wars (A New Hope) ................ 8.6 out of ten

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I believe it was Exodus (1960)

I didn’t see the movie until much later.

[Walleye]

2. "Bambi" and "Forbidden Planet"

[Chipper Chat]

3. Love me tender

In 1956.

[doc03]

4. Probably Davey Crockett King of the Wild Frontier nt

[brewens]

5. One of my earliest memories, movies or otherwise, is Dr. Zhivago being listed for

what seemed like forever. I was still a little kid, so my parents didn't take me or my brother. The first I remember seeing was Robinson Caruso on Mars. My was five and my nine year old brother and I rode the bus downtown in Spokane to see it. No big deal in those days. I think other neighbor kids were with us too.

It wasn't until about ten years ago I got both of those movies from Netflix. I saw Dr. Zhivago for the first time and loved it. No wonder it was so huge.

[Stuart G]

6. Fourteen Hours. 1951 (my first movie that I saw in a movie theater)..(not advertised.)

I was 5 years old, my grandmother took me. (story about a man jumping off a ledge on a tall building..8th floor I think)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043560/

amazing cast..(many you do know, if you are mature).:

Paul Douglas ... ....................... Charlie Dunnigan
Richard Basehart ...................... ..Robert Cosick
Barbara Bel Gedd ................ . Virginia Foster
Debra Paget ........ ....... ..... Ruth
Agnes Moorehead ......... Christine Hill Cosick
Robert Keith ....... ................ Paul E. Cosick
Howard Da Silva ................ Deputy Police Chief Moskar (
Jeffrey Hunter .... ................ Danny Klempner
Martin Gabel ....... ............. .... Dr. Strauss
Grace Kelly .... ................. Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller

And yes, I remember waiting for the man to jump off the building and he jumped, into a net and he was OK..

[skypilot]

7. A movie called FLARE UP...

...with Raquel Welch. 1968 or 1969. Welch played a stripper who is being hunted by the murderous ex-husband of her fellow stripper friend who was killed by the ex-husband. Seems he thought his former wife had been lead astray in her line of work. First movie I ever saw.

[Twoflower]

8. The Swiss Family Robertsons.

[DFW]

19. Any relation to the Robinson family?

Just curious..........

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. I have that on VHS. Or did. Tommy Kirk is in it. NT

[Binkie The Clown]

9. Early 1950s, some forgettable "dinosaur eats New York City" movie. (Not Godzilla)

This was long before Godzilla.

[Stuart G]

12. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Yes, that is the One..1953

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045546/

[Binkie The Clown]

14. YES !!! That's the one. Thank you for finding it. hehe nt

[FalloutShelter]

10. The Sound of Music

Went with the whole family. It was a real event.
I was thrilled.

[wryter2000]

16. I saw it on Broadway

Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel

[DFW]

20. Theo was in EVERYTHING

One of the most amazing performing artists I ever knew. He was in a film with Humphrey Bogart the year before I was born.



I only met him when he was nearly 80, but we got to be friends, and used to sing Russian folk songs together.

[LakeArenal]

11. I misunderstood the question. Not Wizard of Oz.

Romeo and Juliet with Olivia Hussey.

[Boomerproud]

13. It was The Music Man. I was 6 years old and the family

saw it in a downtown theater on a Sunday. I have vivid memories of that day for some reason.

[wryter2000]

15. I think it was

Around the World in Eighty Days, or Damned Yankees.

[Tom Kitten]

17. Jason and the Argonauts

The 1963 film with the skeleton fight animated by Ray Harryhausen. A scene from it was part of the trailer and you bet I remember that! Mainly because it scared me to death!

[yellowdogintexas]

18. Old Yeller I think

It was promoted on Mickey Mouse Club

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Television had been invented when you were young? NT