My Mom took us to see “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” in San Francisco, and a theater that had one of those huge, curved screens (Cinerama).
This wasn’t watching a big television. This was completely captivating! The movie wrapped around you, the huge sound, the audience laughing (which helps you laugh as well).
It was the magic of film.
Another early experience was going with my sisters to see “A Hard Days Night”, starring the Beatles. It was early in Beatlemania, and any time either of the Fab Four appeared on screen, every girl in the audience screamed. I couldn’t hear anything said on screen. I was 8 years old, and it was amazing!