dual personalities

How was your weekend? Mine was a quiet one, despite the fact that daughter #1 was home. She was busy with Monon Bell festivities (DePauw vs. Wabash) on Saturday. On Sunday we went to the early service at church because we had tickets to see To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) on the big screen in the afternoon…so we didn’t see the wee twins or have brunch at our house.

It is always a good idea to see a classic movie on the big screen, because–wow–what a difference! I was too young to go see it at the movies when it came out in 1962. My mother took my older brother and I remember they both raved about it when they came home. I saw it a few years later on TV with my younger sister. We were still pretty young to see it, and as I recall, we were home alone on a stormy night. It was scary! But we understood it. It had quite an impact. Soon after that, I read the book and loved it. I think I was in the seventh grade.

Since then I have seen it many times on the small screen as it is one of my favorite movies. It is a rare movie where every aspect of it clicks. The screenplay, the casting/acting, the music. To Kill a Mockingbird is a miracle of moviemaking. Black and white, no special effects, no histrionics–just real people and a great story. But, wow, it was great to see it as it was meant to be seen on a big theatrical screen with the sound just right.

1962 was a great year for movies. The top money-makers were:

Other movies released that year included The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, How the West Was Won, The Days of Wine and Roses, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Miracle Worker, State Fair, and three Elvis Presley movies!

That’s a lot of good movies. Can you imagine?

Well, I do not go to the movies anymore except to see classics like this on the big screen. A good policy in my opinion.

Lottie drew a picture of going to the movies–she even got the red leather recliner seats right!