Joan, I remember the phrase this is where we came in quite well and it brought back memories.  Sometimes it was quite interesting to see the end of a movie and figure out why it ended that way and then see the beginning and put it all together.  I do that sometimes with books.  If the book is taking its sweet time I read the end to see if getting to the end is worth reading the whole book.

 As for missing certain brands, it is more certain products I miss that I dont even remember the brands but wondered where the products went.  Now getting something from the supermarket is always fun because it might be the only time I get to taste the item before it is gone.  Shelf space is expensive.

Do theaters today even allow you to walk in after the movie has started? Tells you how long it’s been since I was in a theater.  Theaters are probably on the endangered species list at this point along with what we used to call "print media."  Conde Naste just dumped four magazines. And no doubt more to come.  The internet has become the medium. You can even watch movies on the internet. 

The last "this is where we came in" move I saw was "The Other Side of Midnight" and I was so confused by the time it ended I had to sit through the whole thing rather than get up "where we came in" in order to connect it all. And that was the last time I walked in after the opening credits.

I remember those terms also. I don’t remember going to a movie and entering while it was going on. My family seemed to always be early and have to wait for the movie to start. I liked drive-in movies best that way I could see what was going on better as in the theatre try to sit in a wheelchair in the 70s and have someone tell you to move and be put where a head was right in the middle of a screen! I stopped going to movie theatres for just that reason.

Oh, yes! "Let’s go to the movies" was the phrase guaranteed to bring a smile to everyone’s face. Although my dad was NOT a moviegoer on a regular basis, the times he decided to join us, we usually ended up at a film that grabbed his fancy. Hot Rods from Hell was one we all sat through so Dad could enjoy the car crashes and chases! And when I was FAR too young for it, he took us to see The Man With the Golden Arm - still a powerful film about addiction. And Suddenly, a minor suspense classic, gripped us all. Mom and my grandmother and I saw Psycho together one summer evening and our walk home turned into a run when we thought we heard footsteps behind us! (And no showers - only baths with shower curtains wide open - for a lo-o-ong time after!)

And all that fun cost so little. We all sat in the loge, had candy and popcorn, sometimes hit the ice cream parlor next door to the movies afterward and spent approximately the cost of a single adult ticket today.

Joan, movies?

Do you remember piling into a car and going to the drive in? Oh those were the days. The speakers on the side of the car, the smell of the popcorn and the anxiousness of seeing that guy you like from school there in the car parked a few cars over. Barely able to concentrate on the screen because you spent so much time checking out everyone around you.

Movie night…..those were the days. But then again now we have stadium seating theaters where you can have a full meal as you watch the movies. For a mere $50 I can enjoy a movie, soft lighting, swivel seat and what I equate to bar food.  Hmmm….so much better.Not! :-)

Joan, you brought back a memory that evoked a big smile on my face.  My Dad would do the same thing….except it would be on Monday Nites…..when the whole family could go the theatre for $1.00.  There were 9 in my family……so think about what a bargain that was.  As mentioned……coming in during the middle of the movie was intriguing AND we always were able to get two movies.  It is hard for me to believe that we could all sit still for that long…..but, we did.  Some of us sibs liked Doris Day better than John Wayne…..but, we were entertained none the less.  We learned all the songs to the musicals….and then played Flash Gordon in our cubbyhole under the stairs.  The interesting aspect of Monday Nite Movies was the parents didn’t need to worry about the material being "bad for the kids".  The movies fed us as much as our library books.  My head is full of those memories right now and I am smiling a big smile.  thanks.

Joan -  Gosh, I also remember when my parents would take all of us to the movies for $1.00.   So many of the 1950s scary flicks … Godzilla, Vincent Price in The Fly, Steve MacQueen in The Blob ….. all that fright for only "one buck".  WOW.  But, it was usually one of us kids who first announced "this is where we came in".   Wonderful times.  Yeah, a big smile.  Thanks.

Belinda - you hit the nail on the head!  The drive-in - piling into the back of the station wagon with blankets & pillows, the only time you were allowed out of the house in your pj’s.  Near my home, there is one of the last working drive-in’s on the east coast.  The woman that owns this is elderly and we all hope it remains open for many years. It’s alot of fun ad brings back great memories.   The drive-in offers the old style speakers that hang on the car door or you tune into a radio station for the sound.  Anytime I suggest the drive-in to the man I’m dating, a big smile will come over his face and suddenly, magically we are 17 again!

 

Joan — are you too young, or do you remember on some nights they gave away different pieces of a set of china before the show?  And the newsreels before the movie?  And how ornate the theaters usually were?