Perhaps because the pictures were not only larger-than-life but filled the huge screen in front of the theater with a rainbow of vivid colors that the very first movies we saw as children in Wilmingtons myriad of theaters made such a lasting impression. The original screening of The Phantom of the Opera was one of the first movies filmed in Technicolor but my very first recollection of seeing a movie in a rainbow of colors which seemed to defy reality was The Wizard of Oz; in my minds eye, I can still see the bright yellow bricks in the magical road that Dorothy walked in her ruby red shoes. I can also picture Dorothys magical array of friends, and those witches, too. Along with The Wizard of Oz, another vivid memory for me is Disneys first animated classic, Bambi, which was re-released by Disney in 1947 and afterwards played for a few years in our local theaters. I wasnt the only boy who was touched by the death of Bambis mother in that movie; Paul McCartney was also deeply moved by that film and credits the shooting death of Bambis mother as the event which sparked his interest in animal rights. I can still remember the fear I felt when the crackle of the approaching forest fire filled the theater and threatened the sweet little deer; since I was only four or five years-old at the time, the death of Bambis mother made a lasting impression on me, and Ive read that Steven King rates it the scariest movie he ever saw! Please tell us the earliest movie which you remember seeing.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 05:13:18 +0000
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