professor liebstrum wrote:
People gave a standing applause at the showing of the First Chris Reeve Superman I attended and this was just a small town cinema

Never heard / saw a film get booed

Russ
You just reminded me, Russ. "Superman" did elicit applause at the end . . . as did "Jaws". Seems to me audience appreciation was more the norm back in the day. Now, for the most part, the picture ends, everyone gets up from their seat and files out.