Movies-By Marilyn Ruesch Schneider

Movies-By Marilyn Ruesch Schneider

When I was little we lived very close to a theater that had many premiers, with all the stars walking up a red carpets which was stretched 1/2 block down the center of the street.  In those days everything about the movie industry was very exciting to us.  We lived in a Ward where many movie stars attended, so I saw and talked to them frequently.

I especially remember the premier of "Dumbo".  There was a small circus with live elephants set up next to the Carthay Circle Theater.  My brother and his friend (5 years old) skipped school and went to see it.  They stayed through it 4 times.  Needless to say, the whole neighborhood and the police were searching for them by the time they were found in the theater.  My mother was sure they had been kidnapped!

When I was in High School, it was "the thing" to do to be an extra in a movie.  Scouts came to our school frequently to ask for volunteers.  I never did it.

They also gave us free tickets to movies-if we would critique them.  This was called a "preview".  We would sit at machines and punch in our reactions both during and after the movie.  I did do this many times.

I went to at least 1 movie a week mostly on dates all the way through High School and College.