What was the first film you ever saw in a cinema?

Bambi and I howled so much that we disturbed the other cinema goers and we left early .

Years later , my children did exactly the same watching ET .

I think I saw Bambi,too. Also something about an elephant- Dumbo? I remember being taken to see the Hound of the Baskerville when I was very young. Couldn’t sleep a wink afterwards. My Mum had no idea that it was unsuitable for young kids.

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Oh, The Student Prince with Mario Lanza, lovely.
I still have the EP somewhere too, I'm such a hoarder 😂

No doubt we could find it on Spotify now. 😄

No picture, though 😁

You can find clips from The Student Prince and the full movie on You Tube. In fact, you can find anything on You Tube.

It was Bambi but when the hunter shot the mum of Bambi I was sobbing so much my parents had to take me out. It was the Alhambra. Still haven’t seen the film just xcerpts

Wizard of Oz. My DF took me when I was probably too young, and I do remember being scared of the witch. I loved Fantasia and we used to go and see it whenever it came to the Cosmo in Glasgow. We didn't go to the cinema much, but I know we saw Bambi and Snow White (another witch to scare me!) and later on Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. I saw A Hard Day's Night and Help! with a friend.

Showing my age but it was Seven brides for seven brothers.

Love that film silverlining*. I always wanted to be Dorcas.

The first I can remember is South Pacific - for the rest of that summer my friend and I acted out and sang those songs.
I also vividly remember Journey to the Centre of the Earth with Pat Boone.

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Showing my age but it was Seven brides for seven brothers.

Apart from Adam who sung so wonderfully, my favourite brothers were Frank and Gideon because they both danced so well. Russ Tamblyn was also amazing in Tom Thumb of course. My young granddaughter loves him and also loves Elvis in Blue Hawaii.

The Sound of Music with my twin sister and mum. Loved it and still watch it when it is re-aired on the telly.

I was a regular from toddling age, living inner city, the cinema was two blocks away and my mother would take me in the afternoon.
No idea of my first film!

My parents had taken me and my sister to London to clear out Dad's mum's house after she died. On the day of the funeral a neighbour took me aged 9 and my sister aged 7 to the cinema to see Whistle Down The Wind. That is the first film I remember seeing and I cried my eyes out at the ending. That fabulous music always brings it back.

I also think we went to see Babes in Toyland around the same time, but I only remember little bits of that one.

To all the people who were traumatised by Bambi - DD is 48 now and I have never let her watch it!

Bambi when I was 5. My mum said my dad went to the loo just before it started I then proceeded to call him at the top of my voice and said “the big tele’s on”

The second one I remember is being taken to see the sound of music when I was about 9 by my Auntie Alice , I think it was the first time I’d gone somewhere for a treat without my mum and dad

I vaguely remember Bambi and Dumbo, but what really stands out is Treasure Island, with Robert Newton as Long John Silver. I still have a photograph of a very small me in school uniform, outside a cinema in Leicester Square, looking up at someone dressed as the sea cook, complete with crutch.

I don't remember Bambi but I was told I was taken to see it and I cried. Our local cinema closed and I was never taken again. So the first film I remember going to was when I went with school friends when I was 9 or 10. Four of us went into town on the bus to see Lady and the Tramp.

I was pretty young (about 6) when Mum and Dad took me to see The Wizard of Oz. All was fine until the flying monkeys, when I statted to cry very loudly as they frightened me. My Dad was so angry with me and Mum had to take me out to the foyer for me to calm down. About a year later my Dad also took me to see Easter Parade when my Mum was in hospital. I did not understand it, totally bored, but was so thrilled at being there with my Dad, I just sat quietly.

By that time I was also going to Saturday morning cinema most week.s

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon. I remember my friend and I crossing hands and pretending to skate on the way home.
This was at the Saturday matinee at our local cinema. I think I was about 11 or 12 at the time. I seem to remember it cost a shilling to go upstairs in the 'posh' seats.
I also remember around the same time my friend's Grandad took us to see Lilacs in the Spring at the Coliseum in Morpeth.

I think The Wizard of Oz is pretty scary for young children, with the green-faced witch and flying monkeys. My grandchildren have never seen it (11,9,7). The boys won't want to see it I'm sure, but but maybe the girl might.

What a fantastic film Fantasia was because there was something for everyone, and it gave children a brilliant introduction to classical music. Although there were two dark sequences. Night on Bald Mountain really scared me, when the demon came out of the mountain and all the graves opened up. I always saw him as the Devil from then on. Then I cried during the Rite of Spring when the dinosaurs perished in the desert, just bones and carcasses left. Their suffering was so palpable, it made me so sad, more than Bambi's mother even.

Zulu when I was about 3. Unusual parents.

Snow White with my lovely and indulgent Mum. Think I was about 5.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. My Dad took me (I don't remember it at all). Apparently I was so scared by the wicked witch that he had to take me out half way through.
The first film I remember being allowed to go to see with my sister was Summer Holiday. We were old enough to take the bus by ourselves.

Pinocchio and I was in tears when he went in the whale's mouth while looking for his father. My mum was so embarrassed and had to take me out of the cinema.

I remember my grandma taking me to see Help (The Beatles film) when I was about six.

Also, Mary Poppins. I loved the bit where she poured out the medicine and it was a different colour on each spoon. Also, clicking her fingers to tidy up. I wish I could do that!