Disney’s The Love Bug

I’ve always had a soft spot for this film ever since seeing it on it’s first release, which in itself was something of a compromise with my older cousin who didn’t want to see such a kiddie film and much preferred to see THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN which happened to be showing just across the street! What to do? My Auntie decided that the only outcome which would suit both defiant kids was for the three of us to catch the 11.00am screening of THE LOVE BUG at the magnificent 2200 seater Civic theatre, and afterward to cross the road to see BATTLE OF BRITAIN at the 2.00pm session at the almost as magnificent St James theatre, Auckland.

Both films were great, though I recall having bad dreams for a week over the bit in the war film where the pilot gets shot and we witness his flying goggles filling up with blood…

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