Old movie you'd most like to see in a theatre on a big screen

[Love Bug]

For me, it would have to be Wizard of Oz. Yes, I've seen it eleventy-hundred times on tv, but I'd love to see it in a theatre full of kids. That would be a hoot!

[blueknight]

1. i loved the wizard of oz

i would also like to see gone with the wind

[Love Bug]

9. I first saw Gone With the Wind on the big screen (no I'm not that old!)

at one of those independent theatres in a suburb of Detroit in the early 70s. This was before it had even been shown on tv, so I jumped at the chance to see it.

I've also seen An American in Paris, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Fantasia and Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) on the big screen. Robin Hood looked fantastic -- the costumes are amazing. Flynn's green outfit has sequins on the sleeves!

[seemunkee]

2. The AFI ran Lawrence of Arabia not too long ago

That was fantastic.

I would like to see Fantasia on a big screen. The Night on Bald Mountain/Ava Maria segment would be amazing.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Lawrence of Arabia would be fantastic on the big screen, I'd imagine

I would have loved to have seen it back in the day

[AllegroRondo]

6. I have seen it on the big screen.

Fantasia, not Lawrence.

They re-released it in theaters in the early 80's, and again around 1991. I must have gone a dozen times during the 91 run.

[fudge stripe cookays]

8. My dad took me to this...

in the theater when I was about 7 (1973 or thereabouts). It was AMAZING on the big screen. The Night on Bald Mountain part scared the bejeezus out of me though.

As a 7 year old, I loved the centaurs and centaurettes. That's always been my favorite part, especially the drunken little emperor on the donkey.

[PeaceNikki]

3. There's a theater in Milwaukee that does that...

http://www.timescinema.com/schedule.htm

Among others they are playing: The Warriors, The Goonies, Scarface, The Princess Bride.

[NewJeffCT]

5. A ton of movies, with the most recent being "The Matrix"

I saw it on DVD when it came out & loved it and regretted I didn't go to see it in the theater.

Some others:
2001: A Space Odyssey
the original Planet of the Apes
Gone with the Wind
Wizard of Oz
the Pride of the Yankees
Casablanca
Vertigo
From Here to Eternity
Ben Hur
Bridge on the River Kwai
Cleopatra (with Liz Taylor)
West Side Story
The Sound of Music
Butch Cassidy
The Sting
Some of those mid 70s disaster movies - Towering Inferno, Poseidon, etc.

[AllegroRondo]

7. Sound of Music

and maybe the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns.

[trackfan]

11. A friend of my just saw that at the Arclight in Los Angeles

where they screened it a couple weeks ago as part of some special program.

[AllegroRondo]

14. A local theater does it every year in a "sing along" version

they do subtitles during the songs, and the audience is encouraged to sing along. They also have a costume contest.

[mcscajun]

10. Wizard of Oz on the big screen? Done that...and yes, with kids in the theatre.

The first time I saw it on the big screen...no kids; second time, with lots of kids in the theatre; both times were great. The first time much more so, 'first time' thrill and all that.

Casablanca, too (only a different theatre, years ago, and No kids). It was wonderful to hear applause in all the right places, including when Max Steiner's name came up on the opening credits. :) I got hooked right there on seeing classic films on the big screen.

Unfortunately, such revival houses tend to come and go; the Regency in Manhattan where I saw Wizard of Oz for the first time on the big screen (and where I saw Casablanca) is no more. It closed in 1999 and had ceased being a revival house some years prior to that.

Look around, maybe there's a "revival house" somewhere near you. If not, look for an older theatre in a small town that might be interested in starting a revival series on Saturday mornings before their regular showings.

It was only a few years ago that I was informed of such a theatre about 40 minutes from me; older classic restored theatre in a small town outside NYC, they run three different classic film series during the year, including silents and special themed marathon weekends and a special holiday classic show at Christmastime. It took some dedicated film buffs and involvement from the town (and local merchants) to make it happen. It's a credit to the town and a nice draw to local businesses (far away from all those nasty malls, doncha know.) They even have an old classic Wurlitzer that's been lovingly cared for and is played before the shows on Saturday mornings. :D

http://www.bigscreenclassics.com/indexlafayette.htm

What I'd most like to see is the movie I just missed seeing last Saturday: "One, Two, Three" with James Cagney. It was his last film appearance (before his return in "Ragtime" some decades later) and an hilarious comedy of the very first water. :rofl: I was just too exhausted from work to get up and make it. :(

May be years before it's shown again there. :(

[AllegroRondo]

15. We have a local theater doing "Phantom of the Opera", the 1930's one

with accompaniment on the house pipe organ.

I may try to get tickets for that.

[MissMillie]

12. Gone with the Wind... but

I'll need an intermission. I don't sit still for that long very well.

[Tyler Durden]

13. Three, in this order:

Lawrence of Arabia
Ben Hur
Doctor Zhivago

[BOSSHOG]

16. Cool Hand Luke and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Lots of action and by gawd Paul Newman should always be on a big screen.

[Fox Mulder]

17. Nosferatu

[Sock Puppet]

18. Behind the Green Door