by Anne Swearingen One of the first movies I ever saw–which is still one of my favorites–was on television just the other night: The Great Race (1965) with Tony Curtis. My Dad took me (just me!) to the movie in a big old theater in midtown Memphis. It’s a silly and funny movie, and just…

by Linda Ross Aldy I don’t really recall the first movie I saw. I do remember loading up with our family friends, the Brewers, in their station wagon and going to the drive-in quite a bit when we were younger! But I do not remember a single movie we saw. I remember getting the speaker…

by Leah O’Gwynn Kackley My first movie experience was, believe it or not, Star Wars (1977)! The very first one. Or, as we understand now, actually movie number four. My mom took us to a movie theater, the Capri, that was in the Fondren area near Jackson (by the time I graduated high school, that…

by Georgie Lawrence The first film I remember going to see at the movie theater was a re-release of Pinocchio (1940). My aunts took my cousins and me to go see it, and we were so excited. The one thing I wanted, more than anything, was a bag of popcorn. It smelled so good, and my…

by Lisa McCarty I don’t remember going to many movies when I was younger. We weren’t big moviegoers, though we watched a lot of movies on television thanks to the wonders of cable. When I was in the second grade, my mother took me to see a re-release of The Aristocats (1970). I don’t remember…

I was very pleased to be invited to contribute to the new classic film site The Cinementals, which has quickly become one of the must-read attractions in the realm of classic movie blogging. As a part of our continuing monthly salute to “movie memories,” my first contribution features the reminiscences of writer and retired professor…