I used to think all cinema curtains were made of really thin material because you could still see the image THROUGH them when they closed...it didn't occur to me that the image was being projected ONTO the curtain.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the actors in movies were all acting live behind those big curtains in the cinema.— Courtney
- i used to believe when someone died their image on photo's would disappear— beryl's girl
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- In childhood, I waited behind the theatre, after the Cinema, hoping to see the artists came out .
— mprnair. - I used to think satin was a material like velvet.Anon
- When I was younger, I saw Madonna's video for "Material Girl". I thought she was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl"!— Greg