The most scared I've ever been: at the Bristol theater in the early 50's. The movie was "The Thing". I lived close by near East High School and frequented both the Bristol and Plaza theaters.

OMG Me and my 2 girlfriends use to go to the bristol all the time....we saw 13 Ghost, Black Sunday, The Thing and many more movies there.....but really we were looking for boys....lol We would walk there (without our parents permission, we always said we had a ride) We lived on waring rd off of summer. We were 10, 11 and 12.....trying our best to learn to smoke to be cool!!!! LOL Good memories but bad ideas huh?

I can't remember the exact name of the film, but it was a B movie about She Devils coming up from the sea, with fangs and 12" fingernails, to kill everything in sight. My parents said I could go see it with my friend, Greg. We were 8 years old! Greg's Mom picked us up and drove me home. My family was in bed. I put a butcher knife from the kitchen, under my pillow, and went to sleep. Fortunately, my Mother came to check on me, and put the knife away. Things were different in 1959.

My family and I lived at 2577 Tutwiler.
4 doors down from my house lived a girl I fell in love with--Mary Ellen Simmons--and we spent many afternoons at the Bristol. One particular time we didn't have the money to go to the movies so we walked over to Summer Ave. She began panhandling anyone on Summer until she got enough for our tickets and popcorn.. Later Johnny Cash moved into the neighborhood. He shared a duplex 2 doors from Mary Ellen's house.
We got to spend a few afternoons on his front porch with him. When Roseanne cash was born I sat on his porch and held Roseanne while her mother went into the house to prepare her a bottle of milk. At the time Johnny was driving a new stripped down plymouth which he had bought with his mustering out pay from the Air Force. Across the street from Mary Ellen were the Maharreys whom we also associated with-Buzz, lady, and fellow Maharrey.. It was a great little neighborhood. While we lived there my parents bought a TV (black and white). As a result our family living room was usually crowded with the neighborhood kids where we watched Ted Mack's Amateur Hour,Howdy Doody and a few other programs (there were not many programs at that time.)
Wonderful times, wonderful memories...

My Family lived @ the corner of Vernon and National for many years. We would walk to the Bristol and watch many Great Movies. We would say bring three sticks with you.If you know what mean.We have a lot of Great Memories.