1. Too long for a single post.
2. I will be writing this a chapter at a time and these may be completed weeks apart.
I appreciate the comment and for your commentary about your matinee experiences. I will be dealing with the Saturday matinees of my youth in the next section.
Part Two -- My Earliest Encounters
I am quite certain my first exposure to a theatrical movie was in 1955 with the release of LADY AND THE TRAMP. I was five. The place was Lakeville, Ct., and the theater was The Stuart, an old local theater with wood floors long since gone to fire. It had been...