Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - July 23, 1972

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes was released a couple of weeks after my fifth birthday. The 'first' time I saw it may or may not have been when it made its network television debut, although I had my doubts about that.

Because memories of my having seen several key scenes in the film on the big screen, such as the interrogation and tragic end of Armando (Ricardo Montalban), came to mind as the movie unfolded. 

These memories went beyond mere déjà vu, though. I could remember sitting in a movie theater and watching the damn thing.

Yet my parents were adamant that they had never taken me to see the movie. That this was the first time any of us had ever watched it.

Perhaps they had not taken me to see the movie, but someone else had? Because I remember sitting in what might have been the Alameda Showcase, before it became the Southshore Twin, and watching this movie.