I remember seeing Ben Hur here . Wow. What a movie and a fantastic cinema. Unusual to go downstairs to a basement but a magnicent setting for what I consider the greatest movie ever made. I heard about this actor who I recall was in The Ten Commandments who was in it. Charlton Heston did everything right in being the main character Judah Ben Hur. I remember the round of applause that broke out in the audience in the chariot race sequence where Ben Hur’s chariot leaps over the wreck of two others. ( In reality the second unit directors son, Joe Cannut performed the fist part of the leap and through careful editing Heston is shown crawling back into the chariot ( still a tricky manoeuvre for an actor ) ) Fond memories for me.
I remember going to this movie theatre In the 1950’s . Such an amazing place. Marbled foyer area when you went in, attendants in uniform, tropical fish tanks at the sides of the foyer and a display on show that related to the movie. This was when you had to wait in a queue to get in, and when you did stand on the side to wait for a seat, You sometimes started watching part way through then watch from the beginning until you got to the part you started watching! Then you left to give up the seat to someone else.
The screen was BIG. The movies were BIG and the actors were Tall. Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren and Anita Eckberg.
I remember seeing Ben Hur here . Wow. What a movie and a fantastic cinema. Unusual to go downstairs to a basement but a magnicent setting for what I consider the greatest movie ever made. I heard about this actor who I recall was in The Ten Commandments who was in it. Charlton Heston did everything right in being the main character Judah Ben Hur. I remember the round of applause that broke out in the audience in the chariot race sequence where Ben Hur’s chariot leaps over the wreck of two others. ( In reality the second unit directors son, Joe Cannut performed the fist part of the leap and through careful editing Heston is shown crawling back into the chariot ( still a tricky manoeuvre for an actor ) ) Fond memories for me.
I remember going to this movie theatre In the 1950’s . Such an amazing place. Marbled foyer area when you went in, attendants in uniform, tropical fish tanks at the sides of the foyer and a display on show that related to the movie. This was when you had to wait in a queue to get in, and when you did stand on the side to wait for a seat, You sometimes started watching part way through then watch from the beginning until you got to the part you started watching! Then you left to give up the seat to someone else.
The screen was BIG. The movies were BIG and the actors were Tall. Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren and Anita Eckberg.