Do you remember the first movie you saw at the theater?

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That is a tall order for many of us meaning we who qualify for Denny’s senior specials. I come from the dark ages when drive in movie theaters were as big as indoor theaters. My parents exclusively went to drive ins while I was growing up so that was my early going movie experience. Sitting in the back seat. Speaker in the window. Popcorn and snacks from home. I have no recollection of the first movies I saw. My mother would say, You saw that movie, don’t you remember? Yeah right, I was like three and probably fell asleep. I have racked my brain and the earliest movie I can remember seeing is 1965’s “Inside Daisy Clover.” Natalie Wood starred as a teen tomboy who can sing and groomed for movie stardom by a ruthless studio head. I know the story well having seen it several times since and read the book. What I recalled from the big drive in screen was the end when Daisy turned on the gas contemplating suicide then walks away along the beach when the house blows. “Inside Daisy Clover” must have made quite an impression at my tender age because Natalie Wood is my all time favorite and all others are beneath her. The first movie I saw in an indoor theater was the 1967 Disney animated “The Jungle Book.” I went with a friend and stayed through it twice. So what was your first movie going experience? Should be easy for the younger folks.