Sunday, February 13, 2011

The William Tell Overture

One of the very first articles that I posted in this blog was about going to the movies when I was a kid. My father often brought us to an open-air theatre in Pek San Teng (Bishan) called Lam Kok or South Country Theatre (南国戏院). This was probably in the 1950’s.

I might have given readers the impression that all the movies I saw in Lam Kok were black and white Cantonese movies. Actually that is not correct. The first colour film I recall watching was an English movie by the title of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. There’s another one which is a Western cowboy movie. Although kids of our generation loved cowboy movies, this one is more well-known for its theme music than its stories. Listen and you will surely know which movie I am talking about.




By the way, how long after the video started before you to get the answer?

10 comments:

JollyGreenP said...

That's an easy one Kemo Sabih, the silver bullets are the giveaway!

Pet Carriers said...

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Anonymous said...

Pet Carriers
What you talkin? I no understanding you.

Anonymous said...

From one anon to another - That's how "Pet Carriers" communicate. Only pets are able to comprehend! Haha!

Lam Chun See said...

Sigh. Nowadays, this blog is getting so many spam comments I don't know to be happy or angry. Could it be that my blog is well-read and thus the target of spammers; or they don't discriminate?

Blogger's spam filter does not work and I have to manually remove them. Getting quite tired of doing it.

Anonymous said...

The Lone Ranger and his sidekick, Tonto.

tom brown said...

the Lone Ranger would shout , Hi,yo silver away.

Anonymous said...

My friend told me that the theme song sounds like:

To the dump, to the dump, to the dump,dump, dump... to the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump...
:p

jadelee said...

I watched black and white movies at Lam Kok in the 60s' and cannot forget the times ghost stories were shown, especially after the shows. I think there was a cemetery near Lam Kok. Going home became a scary experience when you have to walk a dimly lit short road( very long for kids), before you reach the main road( Thomson Rd exit) which was located opposite the present Little Sisters of the Poor.

Russ said...

Compadre's...

... if kids of our generation loved cowboy movies, take five & a box of tissues and have a look at the 'great cowboys' at...

http://oldfortyfives.com/thoseoldwesterns.htm

not quite in keeping with this site, but nostalgic & fun anyway.