Then I figured there must be some free spread sheets floating around and after discussing it with a neighbor he recommended a Google Spread Sheet (Google Sheets). So I started keying data in. It has been a while since I have used a spreadsheet but I am not unfamiliar with them having first used Visicalc 37 years ago. After that we moved on to Lotus which became a standard for PC user. Lotus was not cheap and you had to read the manual. Today I not sure if anybody reads book style manuals many just turn to search on YouTube for a DIY video (which is often wrong).
After inputting several movie titles I wanted to copy the form to paste on a blog but couldn't get it to copy. Then I read some more and found out I had to have another app to see the stored data. So along came "Drive" and the using Google for off line storage.
The first memory device I actually programmed had only 256 locations and you could load it with set of manual toggle switches or if you took your code sheets to a off-site data center you get a punched paper tape made. Lots of progress exists in that gap of 53 years when I started coding a Stored Program Simulator.
The following list sometimes has the actually movie house and sometimes my current internal memory (built 75 years ago using protein circuits) only remembers the general location where I lived at that time I saw the movie.
The year shown for the movie is from a database that shows when the movie was released.
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Grey | Vermont |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Santa Monica |
| 1947 | The Secert Life of Walter Middy | Pacific Palisades |
| 1947 | Golden Earrings | Santa Monica |
| 1947 | Captain from Castile | Santa Monica |
| 1948 | The Boy with the Green Hair | Santa Monica |
| 1948 | Robin Hood (1938) | Santa Monica |
| 1948 | One Million B.C. (1940) | Santa Monica |
| 1949 | She Wore A Yellow Ribbon | Criterion |
| 1949 | Pinky | Santa Monica |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Santa Monica |
| 1949 | It Happens Every Spring | Santa Monica |
| 1950 | Treasure Island | San Berdu |
| 1950 | Cinderella | Santa Monica |
| 1950 | Destination Moon | Santa Monica |
| 1951 | The Thing from another World | Criterion |
| 1951 | Worlds Collide | Santa Monica |
| 1952 | High Noon | Wilshire |
| 1952 | Sailor Beware | Criterion |
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Santa Monica |
| 1952 | The Snows of Kilimamjaro | Santa Monica |
| 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Santa Monica |
| 1952 | Scaramouche | El Miro |
| 1953 | Shane | Wilshire |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Wilshire |
| 1953 | War of the Worlds | Bundy |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane | Majestic Theater |
| 1953 | The Robe | Hollywood |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 | Santa Monica |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | Santa Monica |
| 1954 | River of No Return | Dome Ocean Park |
| 1954 | Young at Heart | Santa Monica |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Santa Monica |
| 1954 | Elephant Walk | Santa Monica |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Picwood |
| 1955 | Mr. Roberts | Studio Drive In |
| 1955 | Blackboard Jungle | El Miro |
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | Santa Monica |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Santa Monica |
| 1955 | The Tender Trap | Santa Monica |
| 1955 | The Rose Tatto | Santa Monica |
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp | Santa Monica |
| 1956 | Giant | El Miro |
| 1956 | The Girl Can't Help It | Criterion |
| 1956 | Love Me Tender | Criterion |
| 1956 | Anastasia | Santa Monica |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandents | Hollywood |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Santa Monica |
| 1956 | The Rain Maker | Santa Monica |
| 1956 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Santa Monica |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Westwood Bruin |
| 1957 | Kiss Them For Me | Hollywood |
| 1957 | Sayonara | Hollywood |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Studio Drive In |
| 1957 | April Love | Criterion |
| 1957 | Jail House Rock | Drive-in |
| 1957 | Loving You | Criterion |
| 1957 | Tammy and the Bachelor | Anaheim |
| 1957 | Pal Joey | Santa Monica |
| 1957 | The Pride and the Passion | Santa Monica |
| 1957 | Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral | Santa Monica |
| 1957 | The Pajama Game | Santa Monica |
| 1957 | The Three Faces of Eve | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | The Blob | Olympic Drive In |
| 1958 | Imination General | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | Vertigo | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | The Oldman and the Sea | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | The Big Country | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | The Young Lions | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | Cat on a Tin Roof | Santa Monica |
| 1958 | God's Little Acre | Santa Monica |
| 1959 | On the Beach | Santa Monica |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Hollywood |
| 1959 | Gidget | Santa Monica |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Picwood |
| 1959 | A Hole in the Head | Santa Monica |
| 1959 | SleepingBeauty | Santa Monica |
| 1960 | Psycho | Picwood |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Majestic Theater |
| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong | Hollywood |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Santa Monica |
| 1960 | Exodus | Santa Monica |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Santa Monica |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Hollywood |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Santa Monica |
| 1961 | The Absent Minded Professor | Anaheim |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Anaheim |
| 1962 | Experiment in Terror | Anaheim |
| 1962 | Mondo Cane | Anaheim |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Anbaheim |
| 1963 | Hud | Anaheim |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Anaheim |
| 1963 | The Birds | Anaheim |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Hollywood |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Anaheim |
| 1963 | Irma La Douce | Anaheim |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Huntington Beach |
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove | Anaheim |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Anaheim |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat | Huntington Beach |
| 1965 | Dr. Zhivago | Hollywood |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Cinerama Hollywood |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Anaheim |
| 1966 | Sand Pebbles | Newport |
| 1966 | Born Free | Huntington Beach |
| 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Huntington Beach |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Huntington Beach |
| 1967 | I am Curious Yellow | Hollywood |
| 1967 | The Graduate | San Jose |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Orange County |
| 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Vancouver BC |
| 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Huntington Beach |
| 1968 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Huntington Beach |
| 1969 | Bob, Ted, Carol and Alice | New Jersey |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Airline Flight |
| 1969 | Easy Rider | Anaheim |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Iowa City |
| 1970 | Joe | New York |
| 1970 | Mash | Huntington Beach |
| 1971 | On Any Sunday | Coata Mesa |
| 1972 | Last Tango in Paris | Anaheim |
| 1972 | The God Father | El Toro |
| 1973 | The Sting | El Toro |
| 1977 | Star wars | Fashion Island |
| 1978 | Rocky Horro Picture Show | Sunset Blvd |
| 1978 | Superman | South Coast Plaza |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Mission Viejo |
| 1979 | Apocalyse Now | El Toro |
| 1981 | On Any Sunday ll | Hollywood |
| 1981 | Napoleon 1927 | Shrine |
| 1981 | On Golden Pond | El Toro |
| 1986 | Children of a Lesser God | El Toro |
| 1986 | The Clan of the Cave Bear | El Toro |
| 1988 | Camille Claudel | Corona del Mar |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | El Toro |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | El Toro |
| 1991 | Hamlet | South Coast Plaza |
| 1991 | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | El Toro |
| 1995 | Water World | El Toro |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Irvine |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | Irvine |
| 1998 | Godizilla | Orange |
| 1998 | Pokemon: The First Movie | Lake Forest |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Lake Forest |
| 2003 | Master and Commander | Irvine |
As you can see from the dates I have not been inside a movie house in quite awhile.
Remembered this one from 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Currently reading Isaac Asimov and he was covering solar eclipses.
(another update) This is from 1975 Shampoo. I had a Triumph just like the one he rides around Hollywood with his hair dryer.
(more memories) I was reading about Disney and the strike at his studio. At that time (1941) Dumbo was in production. I didn't see it until I was probably 5 or 6.
Was watching Cary Grant on YouTube and remembered this one. I was a male war bride (1949). Saw that at the Wilshire in Santa Monica.
Grew up watching Ma and Pa Kettle. Here is the first film the Kettles were in The Egg and I (1947)
Saw Joan of Arc in (1948) at the time is was a puzzle to me
This came to me one night The Boy With the Green Hair (1948)
Ma and Pa Kettle back on the farm (1949) I will only list this one but I watched a lot of them.
Frances (1950) The talking mule
Remember this early Disney nature Beaver Valley (1950) at the Wilshire in Santa Monica
Jim Thorpe (1951)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Will Rogers Story (1952) I was reading a book about Beryl Markham and her living in California. This started me thinking about if she ever played polo here in California. I used to watch the polo players at the Rogers ranch off Sunset Blvd.
There must have been several films that were about Rome and young American girls visiting there. I remember the song more than the movie.
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Francis Joins the WACs (1954) I thought it was Francis joins the Army
Them (1954)
No Time For Sergrants (1958) Saw that in Texas when I was staioned at Lackland AFB
(1962) Days of Wines and Roses (music) I probably started liking Henry Mancini before I ever knew his name. More film info here.
(1955) Bob Hope in The Seven Little Foys. Billy Gray was in the movie but I didn't meet him until later when I worked at the bicycle shop Cycle and Sport in Santa Monica and he used to come in. Billy raced speedway motorcycles later and met him again at the races at City of Industry track where I was also racing. There was another cast member in the movie that was in my grade school but I can match the names listed with IMDB to my memory.
The interesting thing about this memory exercise is these old movie titles keep popping up in my vacant head.
(1942) Bambi Saw this one pretty early in my life probably under age 5. Didn't understand it.
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind not sure want year I saw this but still remember the giant octopus
(1946) Black Beauty
(1948) Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
(1948) The Paleface
(1955) Marty really didn't understand it
(1958) I Want To Live seen in Santa Monica
(1961) The Misfits
(1964) Goldfinger at Orange Drive-In
(1966) Stop the World I want to Get Off seen in Costa Mesa
(1970) Five Easy Pieces
(1970} Love Story read the book but don't remember where I saw the movie
(1973) The Last Detail
(1973) Cinderella Liberty
(1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1979) The Black Stallion
(1979) The Electric Horseman
(1982) Cannery Row
(1982) E.T. saw in in Hawaii
(1985) Cocoon
(1994) The Little Rascals
(1995) Pocahontas saw it in Costa Mesa
(1997) Flubber
(2002) Ultimate X: The Movie Saw it at Irvine Spectrum
(2005) War of the worlds remake "thought it stunk) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(2005_film)
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