Joanna here …
Before moving pictures. Before silent film. Before black and white. Before Clara Bow and Charlie Chaplin.
There was the Magic Lantern.
Let's say you're a Regency thrillseeker, out to squeeze all possible enjoyment from an evening. You might go to a Magic Lantern show at a friend's house. You might put one on yourself.
People had known more or less forever that light shining through colored glass carried that color to where the light fell. Every stained glass window in Europe, even every translucent leaf in the sunlight, every light source shining through colored glass cast an image.
The beauty of that. A picture painted in light.
Being the inventive species we are, we wanted to do that at will, casting the image we chose. The earliest technology for doing this dates to the Seventeenth Century. Shine candlelight through a demon or ghost thinly painted on glass; let your image fall onto a gauze screen or a column of smoke; and presto!
You got magic in your magic show.
You're a hit with the locals whom you have just terrified.
In the Eighteenth Century, itinerant 'lanternists' travelled the countryside carrying the cabinet that held their slides and their lantern, giving shows at country inns and fairs.
One disgusted contemporary writer remarks,
"These showmen were not romantic troubadours, but often as unwholesome and grotesque in appearance as the images they cast onto the white sheet."
The Magic Lantern became sort of a parlor amusement and novelty. Samuel Pepys bought one in 1666,"to make strange things on a wall."
You can think of it as a Georgian slide projector. (Though a slide projector is getting to be a n antiquated piece of technology itself.)
How did it work?
(You can skip this bit if you want.)
The anatomy of t
he Magic Lantern is:
(a) An oil lamp making light. It's inside the casing on the left of this picture where you can't see it, but it has that little stack for the heat to come out of.
(b) A condensing lens — which you also can't see because it is inside that casing — sending all the lamp light through a slot, which you can see.
(c) Painted glass plates fit into that slot. The top picture is without a glass
slide. The lower picture has a glass slide.
(d) And then you have a barrel on the right end with a lens that enlarges the image as it emerges and heads toward whatever wall or sheet is being used as a screen.
You see the limiting factor here, don't you? It's the light source. An oil lamp is just not very strong. The Argand lamp, after 1780, went a ways toward creating that powerful and beautiful image you wanted to project.
The Argand produced a light of six or eight candlepower.
<sound of crickets>
Okay. I can see you are bowled over by the blazing beacon of six or eight candlepower. But this was a significant advance. Trust me on this.
And just as a side note, oil lamps you see in Regency portraits are like as not Argand lamps. They were the halogen bulbs of their day.
But let us leave mere apparatus. The Magic Lantern was all about The Show.
Your traveling lanternist in the inn parlor or tent at the fair could be projecting "Ogres, grinning skulls, bloody battle scenes, shipwrecks" or pictures of distant lands, or scenes from folk tales and bible stories.
Often, he'd insert a long strip of glass with four or five images painted on it and draw that through the slot in the magic lantern, changing scenes as he lay down his experienced patter. His exciting story. He might even have an assistant providing music.
Then he'd pass the hat.
Particularly skilled practitioners of the art of the Magic Lantern might have several slides in the slot at once, one in front of the other. Perhaps a sky with clouds and a sea. The other slide would have boats.
A contemporary expert advises:
"You are then to pass the glass slowly through the groove; and when you come to that part where the storm begins, you are to move the glass gently up and down, which will give it the appearance of a sea that begins to be agitated: and so increase the motion till you come to the height of the storm. At the same lime you are to introduce the other glass with the ships, and moving that in like manner, you will have a natural representation of the sea, and of ships in a calm and in a storm."
Wild times in Regency England. It's a Magic Lantern show in the Squire's drawing room. Cummon, Regency dandy, grab some popcorn and hold your sweetie close.
(Okay. Maybe not the anachronistic popcorn.)
But this Magic Lantern is the Olduvai ancestor of the Saturday Matinee, of Star Wars and The Avengers, of iMax 3D. Look at it there, smack in the middle of Georgian and Regency times.
Our Regency characters would always remember going to a Magic Lantern show.
Pulling on that thread … What's your most treasured memory of going to the movies?
For me it's heading down to the Saturday morning early show in the summer,
because the movies were Air Conditioned! — and the house wasn't.
One lucky commenter, (US only, sorry,) can win their choice of one of my books.
I vividly remember long ago seeing The Student Prince with Ann Blythe and Edmund Purdon and the voice of Mario Lanza. I’m not sure which I found more romantic, the story or the music, but I do remember my mother trying to explain to me that no, a prince couldn’t marry a barmaid even if they did fall in love. That conflict has given rise to many an Historical Romance.
(You can leave me out of the contest. I already have all your books.)
I vividly remember long ago seeing The Student Prince with Ann Blythe and Edmund Purdon and the voice of Mario Lanza. I’m not sure which I found more romantic, the story or the music, but I do remember my mother trying to explain to me that no, a prince couldn’t marry a barmaid even if they did fall in love. That conflict has given rise to many an Historical Romance.
(You can leave me out of the contest. I already have all your books.)
I vividly remember long ago seeing The Student Prince with Ann Blythe and Edmund Purdon and the voice of Mario Lanza. I’m not sure which I found more romantic, the story or the music, but I do remember my mother trying to explain to me that no, a prince couldn’t marry a barmaid even if they did fall in love. That conflict has given rise to many an Historical Romance.
(You can leave me out of the contest. I already have all your books.)
I vividly remember long ago seeing The Student Prince with Ann Blythe and Edmund Purdon and the voice of Mario Lanza. I’m not sure which I found more romantic, the story or the music, but I do remember my mother trying to explain to me that no, a prince couldn’t marry a barmaid even if they did fall in love. That conflict has given rise to many an Historical Romance.
(You can leave me out of the contest. I already have all your books.)
I vividly remember long ago seeing The Student Prince with Ann Blythe and Edmund Purdon and the voice of Mario Lanza. I’m not sure which I found more romantic, the story or the music, but I do remember my mother trying to explain to me that no, a prince couldn’t marry a barmaid even if they did fall in love. That conflict has given rise to many an Historical Romance.
(You can leave me out of the contest. I already have all your books.)
I remember Saturday morning movies too, mostly cowboy and sci fi. The first movie I remember by title and detail was The Greatest Show on Earth. I believe the fact that I remember the animals better than the actors says something about how young I was since the movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.
I also remember using something called an opaque projector as a very young teacher in the dark ages before computers and Photoshop. I think it must have worked on a principle similar to the Magic Lantern. I know it allowed a teacher without any artistic ability to produce bulletin board and Spirit door decorations that were not an embarrassment.
I remember Saturday morning movies too, mostly cowboy and sci fi. The first movie I remember by title and detail was The Greatest Show on Earth. I believe the fact that I remember the animals better than the actors says something about how young I was since the movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.
I also remember using something called an opaque projector as a very young teacher in the dark ages before computers and Photoshop. I think it must have worked on a principle similar to the Magic Lantern. I know it allowed a teacher without any artistic ability to produce bulletin board and Spirit door decorations that were not an embarrassment.
I remember Saturday morning movies too, mostly cowboy and sci fi. The first movie I remember by title and detail was The Greatest Show on Earth. I believe the fact that I remember the animals better than the actors says something about how young I was since the movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.
I also remember using something called an opaque projector as a very young teacher in the dark ages before computers and Photoshop. I think it must have worked on a principle similar to the Magic Lantern. I know it allowed a teacher without any artistic ability to produce bulletin board and Spirit door decorations that were not an embarrassment.
I remember Saturday morning movies too, mostly cowboy and sci fi. The first movie I remember by title and detail was The Greatest Show on Earth. I believe the fact that I remember the animals better than the actors says something about how young I was since the movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.
I also remember using something called an opaque projector as a very young teacher in the dark ages before computers and Photoshop. I think it must have worked on a principle similar to the Magic Lantern. I know it allowed a teacher without any artistic ability to produce bulletin board and Spirit door decorations that were not an embarrassment.
I remember Saturday morning movies too, mostly cowboy and sci fi. The first movie I remember by title and detail was The Greatest Show on Earth. I believe the fact that I remember the animals better than the actors says something about how young I was since the movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.
I also remember using something called an opaque projector as a very young teacher in the dark ages before computers and Photoshop. I think it must have worked on a principle similar to the Magic Lantern. I know it allowed a teacher without any artistic ability to produce bulletin board and Spirit door decorations that were not an embarrassment.
I’m not actually a movie fan but your post brought to mind the part that movies played as diversion for Penelope and Doris in WWII, in Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers.
I’m not actually a movie fan but your post brought to mind the part that movies played as diversion for Penelope and Doris in WWII, in Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers.
I’m not actually a movie fan but your post brought to mind the part that movies played as diversion for Penelope and Doris in WWII, in Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers.
I’m not actually a movie fan but your post brought to mind the part that movies played as diversion for Penelope and Doris in WWII, in Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers.
I’m not actually a movie fan but your post brought to mind the part that movies played as diversion for Penelope and Doris in WWII, in Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers.
My first memory is seeing “Bambi” and being horrified that Bambi’s mother was killed. That distress stayed with me for years. But, my most treasured experience was seeing, “Singing in the Rain”. I fell in love with musicals and romances. To this day, 60 years later, it is still one of my favorite movies.
My first memory is seeing “Bambi” and being horrified that Bambi’s mother was killed. That distress stayed with me for years. But, my most treasured experience was seeing, “Singing in the Rain”. I fell in love with musicals and romances. To this day, 60 years later, it is still one of my favorite movies.
My first memory is seeing “Bambi” and being horrified that Bambi’s mother was killed. That distress stayed with me for years. But, my most treasured experience was seeing, “Singing in the Rain”. I fell in love with musicals and romances. To this day, 60 years later, it is still one of my favorite movies.
My first memory is seeing “Bambi” and being horrified that Bambi’s mother was killed. That distress stayed with me for years. But, my most treasured experience was seeing, “Singing in the Rain”. I fell in love with musicals and romances. To this day, 60 years later, it is still one of my favorite movies.
My first memory is seeing “Bambi” and being horrified that Bambi’s mother was killed. That distress stayed with me for years. But, my most treasured experience was seeing, “Singing in the Rain”. I fell in love with musicals and romances. To this day, 60 years later, it is still one of my favorite movies.
Hi Alison —
I cried in Bambi. I cried in Old Yeller. I cried in … well, you get the idea.
Hi Alison —
I cried in Bambi. I cried in Old Yeller. I cried in … well, you get the idea.
Hi Alison —
I cried in Bambi. I cried in Old Yeller. I cried in … well, you get the idea.
Hi Alison —
I cried in Bambi. I cried in Old Yeller. I cried in … well, you get the idea.
Hi Alison —
I cried in Bambi. I cried in Old Yeller. I cried in … well, you get the idea.
Hi Liz V —
I don’t watch movies much myself. Or TV. I never know what people are talking about …
If I were writing contemporary I’d have to do research.
Hi Liz V —
I don’t watch movies much myself. Or TV. I never know what people are talking about …
If I were writing contemporary I’d have to do research.
Hi Liz V —
I don’t watch movies much myself. Or TV. I never know what people are talking about …
If I were writing contemporary I’d have to do research.
Hi Liz V —
I don’t watch movies much myself. Or TV. I never know what people are talking about …
If I were writing contemporary I’d have to do research.
Hi Liz V —
I don’t watch movies much myself. Or TV. I never know what people are talking about …
If I were writing contemporary I’d have to do research.
Hi Janga —
The Lone Ranger … Zorro …
Hi Janga —
The Lone Ranger … Zorro …
Hi Janga —
The Lone Ranger … Zorro …
Hi Janga —
The Lone Ranger … Zorro …
Hi Janga —
The Lone Ranger … Zorro …
Hi Lil —
One can hear Mario Lanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdkJeTBxaQ
and from South Pacific
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRj_nKwcJ0
He’s so good.
Hi Lil —
One can hear Mario Lanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdkJeTBxaQ
and from South Pacific
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRj_nKwcJ0
He’s so good.
Hi Lil —
One can hear Mario Lanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdkJeTBxaQ
and from South Pacific
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRj_nKwcJ0
He’s so good.
Hi Lil —
One can hear Mario Lanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdkJeTBxaQ
and from South Pacific
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRj_nKwcJ0
He’s so good.
Hi Lil —
One can hear Mario Lanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdkJeTBxaQ
and from South Pacific
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRj_nKwcJ0
He’s so good.
Summers and summers growing up, Mom and Dad would pile all of us kids into the car (there were six!) and take us to the drive-in movie, as well as any neighborhood kids sitting on the curb looking pitiful as we pulled out of the driveway. Mom would fill two brown paper grocery bags with popcorn and make a couple of gallons of Kool-Aid in a cooler.
Dad said we were a “democratic” family and so we would “vote” on which movie to go to. It was always split 5 to 3 in favor of the males (I had four brothers who voted with Dad, and we girls voted with Mom) so I grew up watching war movies and westerns. Kelly’s Heroes is a cult classic with my family. Great times…
And thank you so much for the draw. I just made a very short list of books on Kindle that I really, really want hard copies of (in case Amazon goes out of business?!? lol!), and yours are at the top, Joanna.
Summers and summers growing up, Mom and Dad would pile all of us kids into the car (there were six!) and take us to the drive-in movie, as well as any neighborhood kids sitting on the curb looking pitiful as we pulled out of the driveway. Mom would fill two brown paper grocery bags with popcorn and make a couple of gallons of Kool-Aid in a cooler.
Dad said we were a “democratic” family and so we would “vote” on which movie to go to. It was always split 5 to 3 in favor of the males (I had four brothers who voted with Dad, and we girls voted with Mom) so I grew up watching war movies and westerns. Kelly’s Heroes is a cult classic with my family. Great times…
And thank you so much for the draw. I just made a very short list of books on Kindle that I really, really want hard copies of (in case Amazon goes out of business?!? lol!), and yours are at the top, Joanna.
Summers and summers growing up, Mom and Dad would pile all of us kids into the car (there were six!) and take us to the drive-in movie, as well as any neighborhood kids sitting on the curb looking pitiful as we pulled out of the driveway. Mom would fill two brown paper grocery bags with popcorn and make a couple of gallons of Kool-Aid in a cooler.
Dad said we were a “democratic” family and so we would “vote” on which movie to go to. It was always split 5 to 3 in favor of the males (I had four brothers who voted with Dad, and we girls voted with Mom) so I grew up watching war movies and westerns. Kelly’s Heroes is a cult classic with my family. Great times…
And thank you so much for the draw. I just made a very short list of books on Kindle that I really, really want hard copies of (in case Amazon goes out of business?!? lol!), and yours are at the top, Joanna.
Summers and summers growing up, Mom and Dad would pile all of us kids into the car (there were six!) and take us to the drive-in movie, as well as any neighborhood kids sitting on the curb looking pitiful as we pulled out of the driveway. Mom would fill two brown paper grocery bags with popcorn and make a couple of gallons of Kool-Aid in a cooler.
Dad said we were a “democratic” family and so we would “vote” on which movie to go to. It was always split 5 to 3 in favor of the males (I had four brothers who voted with Dad, and we girls voted with Mom) so I grew up watching war movies and westerns. Kelly’s Heroes is a cult classic with my family. Great times…
And thank you so much for the draw. I just made a very short list of books on Kindle that I really, really want hard copies of (in case Amazon goes out of business?!? lol!), and yours are at the top, Joanna.
Summers and summers growing up, Mom and Dad would pile all of us kids into the car (there were six!) and take us to the drive-in movie, as well as any neighborhood kids sitting on the curb looking pitiful as we pulled out of the driveway. Mom would fill two brown paper grocery bags with popcorn and make a couple of gallons of Kool-Aid in a cooler.
Dad said we were a “democratic” family and so we would “vote” on which movie to go to. It was always split 5 to 3 in favor of the males (I had four brothers who voted with Dad, and we girls voted with Mom) so I grew up watching war movies and westerns. Kelly’s Heroes is a cult classic with my family. Great times…
And thank you so much for the draw. I just made a very short list of books on Kindle that I really, really want hard copies of (in case Amazon goes out of business?!? lol!), and yours are at the top, Joanna.
Hi Donna —
Drive ins. Oh wow. I had almost forgotten drive ins. We used to go in the pickup and park front-in and all pile into the back with blankets under us and over us.
Hi Donna —
Drive ins. Oh wow. I had almost forgotten drive ins. We used to go in the pickup and park front-in and all pile into the back with blankets under us and over us.
Hi Donna —
Drive ins. Oh wow. I had almost forgotten drive ins. We used to go in the pickup and park front-in and all pile into the back with blankets under us and over us.
Hi Donna —
Drive ins. Oh wow. I had almost forgotten drive ins. We used to go in the pickup and park front-in and all pile into the back with blankets under us and over us.
Hi Donna —
Drive ins. Oh wow. I had almost forgotten drive ins. We used to go in the pickup and park front-in and all pile into the back with blankets under us and over us.
I have two fond memories of going to the movies.
Going to the drive-in in the station wagon. Dad would park the car end front and we three kids and the dog would watch from there with blankets, pillows and those brown bags of popcorn. Mom and Dad would bring lawn chairs and sit in front of the tail gate to make certain none of us escaped. We saw The Ten Commandments, Exodus, The Magnificent Seven – lots of really epic films.
And going to the movies in Leiston, England. I remember seeing lots of John Wayne movies and lots of Disney movies. And the best part was the intermission when they sold ice cream!!
I have two fond memories of going to the movies.
Going to the drive-in in the station wagon. Dad would park the car end front and we three kids and the dog would watch from there with blankets, pillows and those brown bags of popcorn. Mom and Dad would bring lawn chairs and sit in front of the tail gate to make certain none of us escaped. We saw The Ten Commandments, Exodus, The Magnificent Seven – lots of really epic films.
And going to the movies in Leiston, England. I remember seeing lots of John Wayne movies and lots of Disney movies. And the best part was the intermission when they sold ice cream!!
I have two fond memories of going to the movies.
Going to the drive-in in the station wagon. Dad would park the car end front and we three kids and the dog would watch from there with blankets, pillows and those brown bags of popcorn. Mom and Dad would bring lawn chairs and sit in front of the tail gate to make certain none of us escaped. We saw The Ten Commandments, Exodus, The Magnificent Seven – lots of really epic films.
And going to the movies in Leiston, England. I remember seeing lots of John Wayne movies and lots of Disney movies. And the best part was the intermission when they sold ice cream!!
I have two fond memories of going to the movies.
Going to the drive-in in the station wagon. Dad would park the car end front and we three kids and the dog would watch from there with blankets, pillows and those brown bags of popcorn. Mom and Dad would bring lawn chairs and sit in front of the tail gate to make certain none of us escaped. We saw The Ten Commandments, Exodus, The Magnificent Seven – lots of really epic films.
And going to the movies in Leiston, England. I remember seeing lots of John Wayne movies and lots of Disney movies. And the best part was the intermission when they sold ice cream!!
I have two fond memories of going to the movies.
Going to the drive-in in the station wagon. Dad would park the car end front and we three kids and the dog would watch from there with blankets, pillows and those brown bags of popcorn. Mom and Dad would bring lawn chairs and sit in front of the tail gate to make certain none of us escaped. We saw The Ten Commandments, Exodus, The Magnificent Seven – lots of really epic films.
And going to the movies in Leiston, England. I remember seeing lots of John Wayne movies and lots of Disney movies. And the best part was the intermission when they sold ice cream!!
No particular movie memory stands out, but I remember being at a drive-in with my mom and hearing the car horns beeping. I innocently asked why they were doing that and she said “They bump them.” I said “How?” She said “I hope you never find out.” … Y’know, I never did.
No particular movie memory stands out, but I remember being at a drive-in with my mom and hearing the car horns beeping. I innocently asked why they were doing that and she said “They bump them.” I said “How?” She said “I hope you never find out.” … Y’know, I never did.
No particular movie memory stands out, but I remember being at a drive-in with my mom and hearing the car horns beeping. I innocently asked why they were doing that and she said “They bump them.” I said “How?” She said “I hope you never find out.” … Y’know, I never did.
No particular movie memory stands out, but I remember being at a drive-in with my mom and hearing the car horns beeping. I innocently asked why they were doing that and she said “They bump them.” I said “How?” She said “I hope you never find out.” … Y’know, I never did.
No particular movie memory stands out, but I remember being at a drive-in with my mom and hearing the car horns beeping. I innocently asked why they were doing that and she said “They bump them.” I said “How?” She said “I hope you never find out.” … Y’know, I never did.
Hi Artemisia —
That is so funny.
Hi Artemisia —
That is so funny.
Hi Artemisia —
That is so funny.
Hi Artemisia —
That is so funny.
Hi Artemisia —
That is so funny.
Right. The British sold icecream in the movie theatres. I’m pretty sure we didn’t get it in the States.
Or maybe my folks just didn’t buy it for us. *g*
Right. The British sold icecream in the movie theatres. I’m pretty sure we didn’t get it in the States.
Or maybe my folks just didn’t buy it for us. *g*
Right. The British sold icecream in the movie theatres. I’m pretty sure we didn’t get it in the States.
Or maybe my folks just didn’t buy it for us. *g*
Right. The British sold icecream in the movie theatres. I’m pretty sure we didn’t get it in the States.
Or maybe my folks just didn’t buy it for us. *g*
Right. The British sold icecream in the movie theatres. I’m pretty sure we didn’t get it in the States.
Or maybe my folks just didn’t buy it for us. *g*
My movie memory is that Star Wars made the cover of Time magazine and my parents decided it was worth it to drive from my hometown in Idaho to Spokane WA to see it (an hour and a half). It was amazing to be a theater instead of a gym with a small screen and the popcorn was much better than the bagged stuff the Drill Team would sell. Star Wars had action and romance! It was still a few more years before I lived in a city with a cinema. For the last year or so, I see films at an art house theater on Sundays with some friends, some have been horrible and others very memorable but I still remember Star Wars very well.
My movie memory is that Star Wars made the cover of Time magazine and my parents decided it was worth it to drive from my hometown in Idaho to Spokane WA to see it (an hour and a half). It was amazing to be a theater instead of a gym with a small screen and the popcorn was much better than the bagged stuff the Drill Team would sell. Star Wars had action and romance! It was still a few more years before I lived in a city with a cinema. For the last year or so, I see films at an art house theater on Sundays with some friends, some have been horrible and others very memorable but I still remember Star Wars very well.
My movie memory is that Star Wars made the cover of Time magazine and my parents decided it was worth it to drive from my hometown in Idaho to Spokane WA to see it (an hour and a half). It was amazing to be a theater instead of a gym with a small screen and the popcorn was much better than the bagged stuff the Drill Team would sell. Star Wars had action and romance! It was still a few more years before I lived in a city with a cinema. For the last year or so, I see films at an art house theater on Sundays with some friends, some have been horrible and others very memorable but I still remember Star Wars very well.
My movie memory is that Star Wars made the cover of Time magazine and my parents decided it was worth it to drive from my hometown in Idaho to Spokane WA to see it (an hour and a half). It was amazing to be a theater instead of a gym with a small screen and the popcorn was much better than the bagged stuff the Drill Team would sell. Star Wars had action and romance! It was still a few more years before I lived in a city with a cinema. For the last year or so, I see films at an art house theater on Sundays with some friends, some have been horrible and others very memorable but I still remember Star Wars very well.
My movie memory is that Star Wars made the cover of Time magazine and my parents decided it was worth it to drive from my hometown in Idaho to Spokane WA to see it (an hour and a half). It was amazing to be a theater instead of a gym with a small screen and the popcorn was much better than the bagged stuff the Drill Team would sell. Star Wars had action and romance! It was still a few more years before I lived in a city with a cinema. For the last year or so, I see films at an art house theater on Sundays with some friends, some have been horrible and others very memorable but I still remember Star Wars very well.
Hi Shannon —
Oh my. The joys of small town living.
Y’know, nowadays the movie theatres are so small you can’t swing a cat. I always feel as if I’m attending a small, illegal meeting.
Hi Shannon —
Oh my. The joys of small town living.
Y’know, nowadays the movie theatres are so small you can’t swing a cat. I always feel as if I’m attending a small, illegal meeting.
Hi Shannon —
Oh my. The joys of small town living.
Y’know, nowadays the movie theatres are so small you can’t swing a cat. I always feel as if I’m attending a small, illegal meeting.
Hi Shannon —
Oh my. The joys of small town living.
Y’know, nowadays the movie theatres are so small you can’t swing a cat. I always feel as if I’m attending a small, illegal meeting.
Hi Shannon —
Oh my. The joys of small town living.
Y’know, nowadays the movie theatres are so small you can’t swing a cat. I always feel as if I’m attending a small, illegal meeting.
I remember my mother taking me to see the movie of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was the second feature, billed with some horrible movie not suitable for a child. So we sat in the lobby until QEII’s time came. I also saw many films at the wonderful Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL, built just before the Great Depression in an over-the-top style. Miraculously, it has survived and now serves as a legitimate theatre.
I remember my mother taking me to see the movie of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was the second feature, billed with some horrible movie not suitable for a child. So we sat in the lobby until QEII’s time came. I also saw many films at the wonderful Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL, built just before the Great Depression in an over-the-top style. Miraculously, it has survived and now serves as a legitimate theatre.
I remember my mother taking me to see the movie of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was the second feature, billed with some horrible movie not suitable for a child. So we sat in the lobby until QEII’s time came. I also saw many films at the wonderful Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL, built just before the Great Depression in an over-the-top style. Miraculously, it has survived and now serves as a legitimate theatre.
I remember my mother taking me to see the movie of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was the second feature, billed with some horrible movie not suitable for a child. So we sat in the lobby until QEII’s time came. I also saw many films at the wonderful Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL, built just before the Great Depression in an over-the-top style. Miraculously, it has survived and now serves as a legitimate theatre.
I remember my mother taking me to see the movie of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was the second feature, billed with some horrible movie not suitable for a child. So we sat in the lobby until QEII’s time came. I also saw many films at the wonderful Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL, built just before the Great Depression in an over-the-top style. Miraculously, it has survived and now serves as a legitimate theatre.
Ah, Saturday morning childrens matinees I remember them well!!My elder sister used to be ordered to take me – not sure if mum was intent on getting rid of me or checkingwhat sister was up to ! Ice cream in the interval (think pop corn arrived over here with MacDonalds )and the serial of the Black Knight!Never did see the end of that!But it probably explained an interest in Ivanhoe from where I progressed to the Scarlet Pimpernel and have stayed stuck in that era ever since!
Ah, Saturday morning childrens matinees I remember them well!!My elder sister used to be ordered to take me – not sure if mum was intent on getting rid of me or checkingwhat sister was up to ! Ice cream in the interval (think pop corn arrived over here with MacDonalds )and the serial of the Black Knight!Never did see the end of that!But it probably explained an interest in Ivanhoe from where I progressed to the Scarlet Pimpernel and have stayed stuck in that era ever since!
Ah, Saturday morning childrens matinees I remember them well!!My elder sister used to be ordered to take me – not sure if mum was intent on getting rid of me or checkingwhat sister was up to ! Ice cream in the interval (think pop corn arrived over here with MacDonalds )and the serial of the Black Knight!Never did see the end of that!But it probably explained an interest in Ivanhoe from where I progressed to the Scarlet Pimpernel and have stayed stuck in that era ever since!
Ah, Saturday morning childrens matinees I remember them well!!My elder sister used to be ordered to take me – not sure if mum was intent on getting rid of me or checkingwhat sister was up to ! Ice cream in the interval (think pop corn arrived over here with MacDonalds )and the serial of the Black Knight!Never did see the end of that!But it probably explained an interest in Ivanhoe from where I progressed to the Scarlet Pimpernel and have stayed stuck in that era ever since!
Ah, Saturday morning childrens matinees I remember them well!!My elder sister used to be ordered to take me – not sure if mum was intent on getting rid of me or checkingwhat sister was up to ! Ice cream in the interval (think pop corn arrived over here with MacDonalds )and the serial of the Black Knight!Never did see the end of that!But it probably explained an interest in Ivanhoe from where I progressed to the Scarlet Pimpernel and have stayed stuck in that era ever since!
I well remember the Saturday matinees. I didn’t cry at the “romances”, I cried during The Red Pony because he was killed! I was young. Dee
I well remember the Saturday matinees. I didn’t cry at the “romances”, I cried during The Red Pony because he was killed! I was young. Dee
I well remember the Saturday matinees. I didn’t cry at the “romances”, I cried during The Red Pony because he was killed! I was young. Dee
I well remember the Saturday matinees. I didn’t cry at the “romances”, I cried during The Red Pony because he was killed! I was young. Dee
I well remember the Saturday matinees. I didn’t cry at the “romances”, I cried during The Red Pony because he was killed! I was young. Dee
Great post, Joanna. What a wild life our Regency characters lived. And yet, I can imagine it. We now take the tech age for granted.
I remember Saturday children’s cinema. Mostly Flash Gordon with Ming the Merciless!
Never had drive ins, alas, but then, not so many warm summer nights.
OTOH, I grew up in a holiday town with 3 or 4 cinemas, and because we displayed ads in our boarding house we got free tickets!
Jo
Great post, Joanna. What a wild life our Regency characters lived. And yet, I can imagine it. We now take the tech age for granted.
I remember Saturday children’s cinema. Mostly Flash Gordon with Ming the Merciless!
Never had drive ins, alas, but then, not so many warm summer nights.
OTOH, I grew up in a holiday town with 3 or 4 cinemas, and because we displayed ads in our boarding house we got free tickets!
Jo
Great post, Joanna. What a wild life our Regency characters lived. And yet, I can imagine it. We now take the tech age for granted.
I remember Saturday children’s cinema. Mostly Flash Gordon with Ming the Merciless!
Never had drive ins, alas, but then, not so many warm summer nights.
OTOH, I grew up in a holiday town with 3 or 4 cinemas, and because we displayed ads in our boarding house we got free tickets!
Jo
Great post, Joanna. What a wild life our Regency characters lived. And yet, I can imagine it. We now take the tech age for granted.
I remember Saturday children’s cinema. Mostly Flash Gordon with Ming the Merciless!
Never had drive ins, alas, but then, not so many warm summer nights.
OTOH, I grew up in a holiday town with 3 or 4 cinemas, and because we displayed ads in our boarding house we got free tickets!
Jo
Great post, Joanna. What a wild life our Regency characters lived. And yet, I can imagine it. We now take the tech age for granted.
I remember Saturday children’s cinema. Mostly Flash Gordon with Ming the Merciless!
Never had drive ins, alas, but then, not so many warm summer nights.
OTOH, I grew up in a holiday town with 3 or 4 cinemas, and because we displayed ads in our boarding house we got free tickets!
Jo
I also remember going to the drive-ins. Mom and dad always splurged and bought popcorn and drinks for the 4 of us though. They also brought lawn chairs for us to sit in. I can remember seeing Mary Poppins and many John Wayne movies or other westerns at the drive-in. What a wonderful time we had!
I also remember going to the drive-ins. Mom and dad always splurged and bought popcorn and drinks for the 4 of us though. They also brought lawn chairs for us to sit in. I can remember seeing Mary Poppins and many John Wayne movies or other westerns at the drive-in. What a wonderful time we had!
I also remember going to the drive-ins. Mom and dad always splurged and bought popcorn and drinks for the 4 of us though. They also brought lawn chairs for us to sit in. I can remember seeing Mary Poppins and many John Wayne movies or other westerns at the drive-in. What a wonderful time we had!
I also remember going to the drive-ins. Mom and dad always splurged and bought popcorn and drinks for the 4 of us though. They also brought lawn chairs for us to sit in. I can remember seeing Mary Poppins and many John Wayne movies or other westerns at the drive-in. What a wonderful time we had!
I also remember going to the drive-ins. Mom and dad always splurged and bought popcorn and drinks for the 4 of us though. They also brought lawn chairs for us to sit in. I can remember seeing Mary Poppins and many John Wayne movies or other westerns at the drive-in. What a wonderful time we had!
Hi Jo Banks —
The Black Knight sounds like fun, though I admit I’ve never come across it. There was a 1954 film with Alan Ladd and Peter Cushing that sounds like it might be a fun watch, with popcorn and friends.
I’m chagrined to think popcorn was exported by McD. Popcorn deserves better.
Hi Jo Banks —
The Black Knight sounds like fun, though I admit I’ve never come across it. There was a 1954 film with Alan Ladd and Peter Cushing that sounds like it might be a fun watch, with popcorn and friends.
I’m chagrined to think popcorn was exported by McD. Popcorn deserves better.
Hi Jo Banks —
The Black Knight sounds like fun, though I admit I’ve never come across it. There was a 1954 film with Alan Ladd and Peter Cushing that sounds like it might be a fun watch, with popcorn and friends.
I’m chagrined to think popcorn was exported by McD. Popcorn deserves better.
Hi Jo Banks —
The Black Knight sounds like fun, though I admit I’ve never come across it. There was a 1954 film with Alan Ladd and Peter Cushing that sounds like it might be a fun watch, with popcorn and friends.
I’m chagrined to think popcorn was exported by McD. Popcorn deserves better.
Hi Jo Banks —
The Black Knight sounds like fun, though I admit I’ve never come across it. There was a 1954 film with Alan Ladd and Peter Cushing that sounds like it might be a fun watch, with popcorn and friends.
I’m chagrined to think popcorn was exported by McD. Popcorn deserves better.
Hi Dee —
Me too, on the Red Pony. I snivelled my way through many a movie.
Hi Dee —
Me too, on the Red Pony. I snivelled my way through many a movie.
Hi Dee —
Me too, on the Red Pony. I snivelled my way through many a movie.
Hi Dee —
Me too, on the Red Pony. I snivelled my way through many a movie.
Hi Dee —
Me too, on the Red Pony. I snivelled my way through many a movie.
Hi Jo,
I LOVED Flash Gordon. I LOVED Ming the Merciless.
All my villains partake a bit of Ming the Merciless.
And free tickets to the movies sounds like a childhood dream come true.
Hi Jo,
I LOVED Flash Gordon. I LOVED Ming the Merciless.
All my villains partake a bit of Ming the Merciless.
And free tickets to the movies sounds like a childhood dream come true.
Hi Jo,
I LOVED Flash Gordon. I LOVED Ming the Merciless.
All my villains partake a bit of Ming the Merciless.
And free tickets to the movies sounds like a childhood dream come true.
Hi Jo,
I LOVED Flash Gordon. I LOVED Ming the Merciless.
All my villains partake a bit of Ming the Merciless.
And free tickets to the movies sounds like a childhood dream come true.
Hi Jo,
I LOVED Flash Gordon. I LOVED Ming the Merciless.
All my villains partake a bit of Ming the Merciless.
And free tickets to the movies sounds like a childhood dream come true.
Hi Cathy —
Drive-ins were a social occasion — the way the Magic Lantern shows must have been.
Half the fun was the commenting back and forth, which you could do at drive-ins more than in a theatre.
Folks who watch movies on their private computer, all alone, don’t know what they’re missing.
Hi Cathy —
Drive-ins were a social occasion — the way the Magic Lantern shows must have been.
Half the fun was the commenting back and forth, which you could do at drive-ins more than in a theatre.
Folks who watch movies on their private computer, all alone, don’t know what they’re missing.
Hi Cathy —
Drive-ins were a social occasion — the way the Magic Lantern shows must have been.
Half the fun was the commenting back and forth, which you could do at drive-ins more than in a theatre.
Folks who watch movies on their private computer, all alone, don’t know what they’re missing.
Hi Cathy —
Drive-ins were a social occasion — the way the Magic Lantern shows must have been.
Half the fun was the commenting back and forth, which you could do at drive-ins more than in a theatre.
Folks who watch movies on their private computer, all alone, don’t know what they’re missing.
Hi Cathy —
Drive-ins were a social occasion — the way the Magic Lantern shows must have been.
Half the fun was the commenting back and forth, which you could do at drive-ins more than in a theatre.
Folks who watch movies on their private computer, all alone, don’t know what they’re missing.
I remember when my mother and grandfather took my brother and me to see Bambi. I was fine until they killed his mother, then I ran out of the theater. My grandfather had to stay with me because I refused to go back in. Mostly I remember that my mother could never get us to the show on time so we always had to sit there and wait until the second showing so we could see the beginning. Drive-ins were fun.
I remember when my mother and grandfather took my brother and me to see Bambi. I was fine until they killed his mother, then I ran out of the theater. My grandfather had to stay with me because I refused to go back in. Mostly I remember that my mother could never get us to the show on time so we always had to sit there and wait until the second showing so we could see the beginning. Drive-ins were fun.
I remember when my mother and grandfather took my brother and me to see Bambi. I was fine until they killed his mother, then I ran out of the theater. My grandfather had to stay with me because I refused to go back in. Mostly I remember that my mother could never get us to the show on time so we always had to sit there and wait until the second showing so we could see the beginning. Drive-ins were fun.
I remember when my mother and grandfather took my brother and me to see Bambi. I was fine until they killed his mother, then I ran out of the theater. My grandfather had to stay with me because I refused to go back in. Mostly I remember that my mother could never get us to the show on time so we always had to sit there and wait until the second showing so we could see the beginning. Drive-ins were fun.
I remember when my mother and grandfather took my brother and me to see Bambi. I was fine until they killed his mother, then I ran out of the theater. My grandfather had to stay with me because I refused to go back in. Mostly I remember that my mother could never get us to the show on time so we always had to sit there and wait until the second showing so we could see the beginning. Drive-ins were fun.
Hi Ella —
I think the tearjerkers are supposed to be cathartic. Or something.
Kid movies lately have somewhat less of that, I think. They’re a bit violent though.
Hi Ella —
I think the tearjerkers are supposed to be cathartic. Or something.
Kid movies lately have somewhat less of that, I think. They’re a bit violent though.
Hi Ella —
I think the tearjerkers are supposed to be cathartic. Or something.
Kid movies lately have somewhat less of that, I think. They’re a bit violent though.
Hi Ella —
I think the tearjerkers are supposed to be cathartic. Or something.
Kid movies lately have somewhat less of that, I think. They’re a bit violent though.
Hi Ella —
I think the tearjerkers are supposed to be cathartic. Or something.
Kid movies lately have somewhat less of that, I think. They’re a bit violent though.
I remember as a youngun’ my uncle having a small projector that you put a twin picture slide (about 4x 8″) and the picture was like being there in sterio.
I remember as a youngun’ my uncle having a small projector that you put a twin picture slide (about 4x 8″) and the picture was like being there in sterio.
I remember as a youngun’ my uncle having a small projector that you put a twin picture slide (about 4x 8″) and the picture was like being there in sterio.
I remember as a youngun’ my uncle having a small projector that you put a twin picture slide (about 4x 8″) and the picture was like being there in sterio.
I remember as a youngun’ my uncle having a small projector that you put a twin picture slide (about 4x 8″) and the picture was like being there in sterio.
Hi Louis —
Now that’s interesting. Two light sources, I should imagine, and two slides. I think the Victorians may have had something similar. I’m not clear on these technologies, I’m afraid.
Hi Louis —
Now that’s interesting. Two light sources, I should imagine, and two slides. I think the Victorians may have had something similar. I’m not clear on these technologies, I’m afraid.
Hi Louis —
Now that’s interesting. Two light sources, I should imagine, and two slides. I think the Victorians may have had something similar. I’m not clear on these technologies, I’m afraid.
Hi Louis —
Now that’s interesting. Two light sources, I should imagine, and two slides. I think the Victorians may have had something similar. I’m not clear on these technologies, I’m afraid.
Hi Louis —
Now that’s interesting. Two light sources, I should imagine, and two slides. I think the Victorians may have had something similar. I’m not clear on these technologies, I’m afraid.
Okay, Joanna, any hints on how magic lanterns might or might not appear in your Work-in-Progress?
FYI, “My Brilliant Career” was my defining movie, — a romance in which the heroine decides not to accept the hero’s offer of marriage.
Okay, Joanna, any hints on how magic lanterns might or might not appear in your Work-in-Progress?
FYI, “My Brilliant Career” was my defining movie, — a romance in which the heroine decides not to accept the hero’s offer of marriage.
Okay, Joanna, any hints on how magic lanterns might or might not appear in your Work-in-Progress?
FYI, “My Brilliant Career” was my defining movie, — a romance in which the heroine decides not to accept the hero’s offer of marriage.
Okay, Joanna, any hints on how magic lanterns might or might not appear in your Work-in-Progress?
FYI, “My Brilliant Career” was my defining movie, — a romance in which the heroine decides not to accept the hero’s offer of marriage.
Okay, Joanna, any hints on how magic lanterns might or might not appear in your Work-in-Progress?
FYI, “My Brilliant Career” was my defining movie, — a romance in which the heroine decides not to accept the hero’s offer of marriage.
No Magic Lantern in the WIP — though it would be a great plot device.
I keep thinking of the Bat Signal.
In re My Brilliant Career —
Sometimes I look at Georgian-era writings and think about which ones couldn’t be written today — and which ones could.
(Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son could have an entirely modern rendition. IMO, the Scarlett Letter couldn’t.)
Then I look at what’s written today and wonder which ones would be impossible to write two centuries from now.
The foundations of the way we think . . change.
No Magic Lantern in the WIP — though it would be a great plot device.
I keep thinking of the Bat Signal.
In re My Brilliant Career —
Sometimes I look at Georgian-era writings and think about which ones couldn’t be written today — and which ones could.
(Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son could have an entirely modern rendition. IMO, the Scarlett Letter couldn’t.)
Then I look at what’s written today and wonder which ones would be impossible to write two centuries from now.
The foundations of the way we think . . change.
No Magic Lantern in the WIP — though it would be a great plot device.
I keep thinking of the Bat Signal.
In re My Brilliant Career —
Sometimes I look at Georgian-era writings and think about which ones couldn’t be written today — and which ones could.
(Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son could have an entirely modern rendition. IMO, the Scarlett Letter couldn’t.)
Then I look at what’s written today and wonder which ones would be impossible to write two centuries from now.
The foundations of the way we think . . change.
No Magic Lantern in the WIP — though it would be a great plot device.
I keep thinking of the Bat Signal.
In re My Brilliant Career —
Sometimes I look at Georgian-era writings and think about which ones couldn’t be written today — and which ones could.
(Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son could have an entirely modern rendition. IMO, the Scarlett Letter couldn’t.)
Then I look at what’s written today and wonder which ones would be impossible to write two centuries from now.
The foundations of the way we think . . change.
No Magic Lantern in the WIP — though it would be a great plot device.
I keep thinking of the Bat Signal.
In re My Brilliant Career —
Sometimes I look at Georgian-era writings and think about which ones couldn’t be written today — and which ones could.
(Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son could have an entirely modern rendition. IMO, the Scarlett Letter couldn’t.)
Then I look at what’s written today and wonder which ones would be impossible to write two centuries from now.
The foundations of the way we think . . change.
If any of you are planning to travel through Revelstoke, British Columbia, (Canada) it would be worth your while to contact the Nickelodeon Museum ahead of time. About twice a year they feature Magic Lantern shows. The images are wonderful and a big part of the show is the narrator who gives a marvelous history lesson (including lots of humour:o).
If any of you are planning to travel through Revelstoke, British Columbia, (Canada) it would be worth your while to contact the Nickelodeon Museum ahead of time. About twice a year they feature Magic Lantern shows. The images are wonderful and a big part of the show is the narrator who gives a marvelous history lesson (including lots of humour:o).
If any of you are planning to travel through Revelstoke, British Columbia, (Canada) it would be worth your while to contact the Nickelodeon Museum ahead of time. About twice a year they feature Magic Lantern shows. The images are wonderful and a big part of the show is the narrator who gives a marvelous history lesson (including lots of humour:o).
If any of you are planning to travel through Revelstoke, British Columbia, (Canada) it would be worth your while to contact the Nickelodeon Museum ahead of time. About twice a year they feature Magic Lantern shows. The images are wonderful and a big part of the show is the narrator who gives a marvelous history lesson (including lots of humour:o).
If any of you are planning to travel through Revelstoke, British Columbia, (Canada) it would be worth your while to contact the Nickelodeon Museum ahead of time. About twice a year they feature Magic Lantern shows. The images are wonderful and a big part of the show is the narrator who gives a marvelous history lesson (including lots of humour:o).
My most treasured movie memory is seeing a Cary Grant comedy with my mom once. She wasn’t a movie fan, though she loved live theater, so I only remember one or two such occasions. This one time I got her to go with me to the old La Reina Theater in Sherman Oaks (now part of a shopping mall). It was a funny movie with Doris Day called That Touch of Mink, and it was in a lovely old neighborhood theater, long before the multiplex boxes. I was actually more a fan of schlocky drive in movies, but even I can appreciate Cary Grant elegance, and that black evening gown Doris wore is a classic. My mom and I didn’t share much in the way of personal taste, and this was one time when we were both exactly on the same page 🙂
My most treasured movie memory is seeing a Cary Grant comedy with my mom once. She wasn’t a movie fan, though she loved live theater, so I only remember one or two such occasions. This one time I got her to go with me to the old La Reina Theater in Sherman Oaks (now part of a shopping mall). It was a funny movie with Doris Day called That Touch of Mink, and it was in a lovely old neighborhood theater, long before the multiplex boxes. I was actually more a fan of schlocky drive in movies, but even I can appreciate Cary Grant elegance, and that black evening gown Doris wore is a classic. My mom and I didn’t share much in the way of personal taste, and this was one time when we were both exactly on the same page 🙂
My most treasured movie memory is seeing a Cary Grant comedy with my mom once. She wasn’t a movie fan, though she loved live theater, so I only remember one or two such occasions. This one time I got her to go with me to the old La Reina Theater in Sherman Oaks (now part of a shopping mall). It was a funny movie with Doris Day called That Touch of Mink, and it was in a lovely old neighborhood theater, long before the multiplex boxes. I was actually more a fan of schlocky drive in movies, but even I can appreciate Cary Grant elegance, and that black evening gown Doris wore is a classic. My mom and I didn’t share much in the way of personal taste, and this was one time when we were both exactly on the same page 🙂
My most treasured movie memory is seeing a Cary Grant comedy with my mom once. She wasn’t a movie fan, though she loved live theater, so I only remember one or two such occasions. This one time I got her to go with me to the old La Reina Theater in Sherman Oaks (now part of a shopping mall). It was a funny movie with Doris Day called That Touch of Mink, and it was in a lovely old neighborhood theater, long before the multiplex boxes. I was actually more a fan of schlocky drive in movies, but even I can appreciate Cary Grant elegance, and that black evening gown Doris wore is a classic. My mom and I didn’t share much in the way of personal taste, and this was one time when we were both exactly on the same page 🙂
My most treasured movie memory is seeing a Cary Grant comedy with my mom once. She wasn’t a movie fan, though she loved live theater, so I only remember one or two such occasions. This one time I got her to go with me to the old La Reina Theater in Sherman Oaks (now part of a shopping mall). It was a funny movie with Doris Day called That Touch of Mink, and it was in a lovely old neighborhood theater, long before the multiplex boxes. I was actually more a fan of schlocky drive in movies, but even I can appreciate Cary Grant elegance, and that black evening gown Doris wore is a classic. My mom and I didn’t share much in the way of personal taste, and this was one time when we were both exactly on the same page 🙂
Hi Pat —
Thanks so much for the information. I would love to see something like that.
Hi Pat —
Thanks so much for the information. I would love to see something like that.
Hi Pat —
Thanks so much for the information. I would love to see something like that.
Hi Pat —
Thanks so much for the information. I would love to see something like that.
Hi Pat —
Thanks so much for the information. I would love to see something like that.
Hi Janice —
How lovely to have that time with your mother, and to remember it years later.
The whole going-to-a-movie as a social experience is something we miss as entertainment becomes more and more somebody interacting with their laptop. *g*
… Although I do see kids putting a movie on the laptop and then all of them curling up in a heap to watch it and shout commentary.
Hi Janice —
How lovely to have that time with your mother, and to remember it years later.
The whole going-to-a-movie as a social experience is something we miss as entertainment becomes more and more somebody interacting with their laptop. *g*
… Although I do see kids putting a movie on the laptop and then all of them curling up in a heap to watch it and shout commentary.
Hi Janice —
How lovely to have that time with your mother, and to remember it years later.
The whole going-to-a-movie as a social experience is something we miss as entertainment becomes more and more somebody interacting with their laptop. *g*
… Although I do see kids putting a movie on the laptop and then all of them curling up in a heap to watch it and shout commentary.
Hi Janice —
How lovely to have that time with your mother, and to remember it years later.
The whole going-to-a-movie as a social experience is something we miss as entertainment becomes more and more somebody interacting with their laptop. *g*
… Although I do see kids putting a movie on the laptop and then all of them curling up in a heap to watch it and shout commentary.
Hi Janice —
How lovely to have that time with your mother, and to remember it years later.
The whole going-to-a-movie as a social experience is something we miss as entertainment becomes more and more somebody interacting with their laptop. *g*
… Although I do see kids putting a movie on the laptop and then all of them curling up in a heap to watch it and shout commentary.
Thanks for this glimpse into the past, Jo–it’s great. As to your question, probably my most treasured memories are seeing my young son discover the big screen. He was enthralled at the cartoon characters, typically Disney, but there were other movies we both loved, like The Pagemaster that combined animation with live action. It was a good one.
Thanks for this glimpse into the past, Jo–it’s great. As to your question, probably my most treasured memories are seeing my young son discover the big screen. He was enthralled at the cartoon characters, typically Disney, but there were other movies we both loved, like The Pagemaster that combined animation with live action. It was a good one.
Thanks for this glimpse into the past, Jo–it’s great. As to your question, probably my most treasured memories are seeing my young son discover the big screen. He was enthralled at the cartoon characters, typically Disney, but there were other movies we both loved, like The Pagemaster that combined animation with live action. It was a good one.
Thanks for this glimpse into the past, Jo–it’s great. As to your question, probably my most treasured memories are seeing my young son discover the big screen. He was enthralled at the cartoon characters, typically Disney, but there were other movies we both loved, like The Pagemaster that combined animation with live action. It was a good one.
Thanks for this glimpse into the past, Jo–it’s great. As to your question, probably my most treasured memories are seeing my young son discover the big screen. He was enthralled at the cartoon characters, typically Disney, but there were other movies we both loved, like The Pagemaster that combined animation with live action. It was a good one.
Hi Regan —
Movies are like books. There’s nothing like sharing them with our kids.
I took the offsprig to see Star Wars. She liked it, but I couldn’t begin to tell her what a remarkable, bedazzling innovation this was when it came out.
Hi Regan —
Movies are like books. There’s nothing like sharing them with our kids.
I took the offsprig to see Star Wars. She liked it, but I couldn’t begin to tell her what a remarkable, bedazzling innovation this was when it came out.
Hi Regan —
Movies are like books. There’s nothing like sharing them with our kids.
I took the offsprig to see Star Wars. She liked it, but I couldn’t begin to tell her what a remarkable, bedazzling innovation this was when it came out.
Hi Regan —
Movies are like books. There’s nothing like sharing them with our kids.
I took the offsprig to see Star Wars. She liked it, but I couldn’t begin to tell her what a remarkable, bedazzling innovation this was when it came out.
Hi Regan —
Movies are like books. There’s nothing like sharing them with our kids.
I took the offsprig to see Star Wars. She liked it, but I couldn’t begin to tell her what a remarkable, bedazzling innovation this was when it came out.
I’d love to see a real Magic Lantern show someday! That would make a great Fringe Festival act, come to think of it.
I love standing in line for a long expected movie, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or X-Files, when I was younger…
And the best theatre was the outdoor one we went to in summers in Turkey (my sister and I got to watch the movies, while everyone else had to read the Turkish (badly translated) subtitles!).
I’d love to see a real Magic Lantern show someday! That would make a great Fringe Festival act, come to think of it.
I love standing in line for a long expected movie, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or X-Files, when I was younger…
And the best theatre was the outdoor one we went to in summers in Turkey (my sister and I got to watch the movies, while everyone else had to read the Turkish (badly translated) subtitles!).
I’d love to see a real Magic Lantern show someday! That would make a great Fringe Festival act, come to think of it.
I love standing in line for a long expected movie, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or X-Files, when I was younger…
And the best theatre was the outdoor one we went to in summers in Turkey (my sister and I got to watch the movies, while everyone else had to read the Turkish (badly translated) subtitles!).
I’d love to see a real Magic Lantern show someday! That would make a great Fringe Festival act, come to think of it.
I love standing in line for a long expected movie, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or X-Files, when I was younger…
And the best theatre was the outdoor one we went to in summers in Turkey (my sister and I got to watch the movies, while everyone else had to read the Turkish (badly translated) subtitles!).
I’d love to see a real Magic Lantern show someday! That would make a great Fringe Festival act, come to think of it.
I love standing in line for a long expected movie, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or X-Files, when I was younger…
And the best theatre was the outdoor one we went to in summers in Turkey (my sister and I got to watch the movies, while everyone else had to read the Turkish (badly translated) subtitles!).