"The African Queen" with Humphrey Bogart and Kathrine Hepburn is a study in how well those two could act. I really think they were at their peak in this movie.
"The Day The Earth Stood Still", was a testament to how scared we all were about UFO's and nuclear bombs. Not a great movie, in my opinion, but the message was right.
"A Streetcar Named Desire", not much else to say, except that Vivian Leigh was magnificent. And this movie gave me one of my best memories of my son, Timothy. We were in a store and someone opened a door for Timothy, (he was about 10 at the time) and he looked at the person and said, "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers". I about lost it and the other person looked at him and had no idea what he was talking about. It was just too funny.
Disney came out with the cartoon version of "Alice In Wonderland". While not as dark as Tim Burton's , it will always be the way I see the Cheshire Cat and the Caterpillar. How little did we know that the Caterpillar and his hookah would influence in the 60's. "A Place In the Sun" is Elizabeth Taylor at her sultriest. And "Bedtime For Bonzo" would show us that we could have an actor playing a President.
Moving going is not as popular as it once was. I remember going the theater every Saturday night for a dime. A box of popcorn and a strange soda called Burgundy was the height of our weekends. Now it costs nearly 50.00 for a movie. Most are watched at home. It is sad because there is nothing like a theater for a movie.
Maybe now, I can get the senior citizen discount on a matinée.
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