When Grandma Was A Little Girl - #54

54- The Sound of Music – 8 times!

Is there an all time favorite movie that you could just watch over and over again?

When I was 15 the movie ‘Sound of Music’ came out. The two main stars were Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Julie was so pretty and Christopher was oh, so very handsome! His role of a Naval Captain for Austria was wonderful! He was so very handsome!

We had a movie theater called ‘The Sierre Movie Theater’ in Alamogordo, which was about 10 miles south of where we lived. We lived in Tularosa, N.M. The owner of the theater called my father and asked him if he would accept a job with him in the evenings and on weekends to play a musical score from the movie ‘Sound of Music.’ I don’t remember the exact amount he got paid. Dad accepted and we could use the extra income. Dad was to play the organ just prior to the movie beginning and during the intermission. Dad bought the music for the movie and practiced and we loved hearing it at home. Another perk was that he and his family could watch the movie for free admission. We went to see it and I ‘loved’ the movie. I think my mom went to see it twice. I don’t think my brothers were interested after the first viewing. Oh, but I saw it ‘8’ times! I practically memorized the script and all the music! It started out that my dad would ask if anyone was interested in going to see the movie. He liked the company. I went as often as I could! He was always surprised I wanted to see it again and again and thought I would tire seeing it. Nope! Even today I love that movie! I have a DVD that grandpa gave me. I love it!

On another note…
Perhaps my all time favorite movie of all movies is ‘Shenandoah.’ The main actor is Jimmy Stewart. It takes place during the Civil War and he is a widower with 6 strapping, handsome sons. The oldest one is married, played by Michael Wayne (John Wayne’s son) and Katherine Ross. I was about 18 when that movie came out. I went to see it 3 times. I had just started dating grandpa. He asked me to a movie and asked me if I would like to see ‘Shenandoah,’ unless I had already seen it. He had not seen the movie yet. Well, I told a ‘little white lie’ and said, ‘No, I have not seen it, but I would love to go see it!’ We went to the movie. We both liked it. Then I told him I needed to make a ‘little confession.’ I blurted out, ‘I have seen the movie before, three times! I love it!’ He said something like, ‘Oh, so you’ve already seen it and you lied to me.’ He laughed when he said it. I have a DVD of that movie. I do love it!

I have other favorites that I like, but the two mentioned above are perhaps my most favorite.