Through the Decades: The 20th Century Story of Swansea and South West Wales (compiled by Eifion Jenkins)
Welsh History
Hi Gaynor, I sometimeswent to the Lido Cinema, Gorseinon in the early fifties. I remember seeing the 'Student Prince' becauseI was inlove with Mario Lanza by the time the film finished.
My brother, friend and I went to a Saturday afternoon matinee (what a lovely way to spent a winter's afternoon), once. There was a big wide screen (I think it was vista-vision or something similar) and, as we took our seats, Alan-a-Dale was strumming a song to Maid Marian.
During the filmthe usherette shone her torch on us, telling us to be quiet. That's what's made it memorable.
As I grew older, I developed a penchant for foreign films with subtitles. One story was about a girl called Mercedes who married a dentist. On their touring honeymoon a vital screw in the car engine kept unscrewing.As they stopped the car at the edge of a sheer precipicethe screw fell off. I think it had a happy ending. I would have remembered if it hadn't.
Another film, though not foreign, was called 'True as a Turtle', about a boat turning turtle.
Perhaps I should have been a film criticafter all.
