Wouldn't it be cool if you could still go to the drive-in? I remember going all the time as a kid, and it wasn't even so much that the movies were even that good or that you could really hear them. But I think it was just the whole "experience" of being there. Does anyone still have a drive in where you live and do you still go? There's no way it could be the same as it was. Just wondering!! :)

Drive-Ins were my life.  From 1974 to 1984 my family owned several so I went at least 6 times a week. From the age of 10 I was working most nights of the week at them.
I miss the atmosphere of them.  The big dating scene, the little kids in pyjamas, the great burgers (my dads were famous !!), two movies, music at intermission. 

We closed our last one in.1984 as videos took over to such an extent that our state went from having something like 55 drive-ins to just 3.  I still own the block of land - it has sheep on it at the moment !

I have posted this link some time ago - but will share again - its the old program sheets my dad and I use to make for advertising. 

http://libranmonkey.homestead.com/DriveIn.html  it will take a while to load as they are A4 sized pics.  But its fun to relook at what we use to show.

Drive-Ins were my life.  From 1974 to 1984 my family owned several so I went at least 6 times a week. From the age of 10 I was working most nights of the week at them.
I miss the atmosphere of them.  The big dating scene, the little kids in pyjamas, the great burgers (my dads were famous !!), two movies, music at intermission. 

We closed our last one in.1984 as videos took over to such an extent that our state went from having something like 55 drive-ins to just 3.  I still own the block of land - it has sheep on it at the moment !

I have posted this link some time ago - but will share again - its the old program sheets my dad and I use to make for advertising. 

http://libranmonkey.homestead.com/DriveIn.html   it will take a while to load as they are A4 sized pics.  But its fun to relook at what we use to show.
Sounds like you had a fun childhood!! Those old movie programs brought back alot of memories :)

The last drive-in theater in Lincoln closed down in 1989. I haven't been to a drive-in movie since then, but there is a drive-in theater about 60 miles away, maybe I'll have to go there one of these weekends.
     I have an idea on how they can bring back drive-in theaters and still make them cost-effective year-round in colder climates. It's simple. They can combine a drive-in theater with an IMAX theater. An IMAX screen is about 70 feet tall, and so the building is even taller. They could build an IMAX theater, paint the back outside wall of the building white, and then attach a drive-in lot complete with speakers and a projection room/snack bar building behind the IMAX theater. And even when the seasons change and the drive-in has to shut down for the winter, the IMAX theater inside can still stay open year-round. (I even have a name: "The Four Seasons IMAX/Drive-In.")

Ah yes, the drive-in. That was the place where I was first "french" kissed. My sister was "chaperoning" my boyfriend and me and went to see "Grease". She went to the snack and that was when he gave me my first "real" kiss. Oh the memories.

My mother told me this story of her uncle who owned a motel. The motel was located next to a drive-in and you can watch the movies from the rooms. He managed to pipe in the sound. Cable movies before cable was invented.  ;)

I found out that my state has the totally of 4 drive-ins. There are all quite a distance from here so we haven't gone. 



Cat

I live less than a mile from one.  We do go occasionally...it is much cheaper than theaters.  I can get in for $6 and my daughter is free...plus you can bring your own food.

We have no more where i live :\'(

We still have 2 drive in's where I live. They have really changed since the 60's and 70's. The lot is all blacktop, no more hills, there's no more speaker poles(sound is broadcast over your fm car radio), food from the snackbar still sucks tho'. My first movie at the drive in was a Disney movie called "Gus".

I am back living in the general area in which I was born and raised. The one drive in that we went to when I was a kid is now a car sales lot.I am not sure what the other drive-in was turned into.The last movie I saw in a drive in was Grease ! LOL ! That was in California.

I am back living in the general area in which I was born and raised. The one drive in that we went to when I was a kid is now a car sales lot.I am not sure what the other drive-in was turned into.The last movie I saw in a drive in was Grease ! LOL ! That was in California.



I think I know which drive-in you are talking about. Been there a few times.  ;)




Cat

Ah yes, the drive-in. That was the place where I was first "french" kissed. My sister was "chaperoning" my boyfriend and me and went to see "Grease". She went to the snack and that was when he gave me my first "real" kiss. Oh the memories.

My mother told me this story of her uncle who owned a motel. The motel was located next to a drive-in and you can watch the movies from the rooms. He managed to pipe in the sound. Cable movies before cable was invented.  ;)

I found out that my state has the totally of 4 drive-ins. There are all quite a distance from here so we haven't gone. 



Cat
I'm sure there were probably other "firsts" at the drive-ins too!! ;)Actually one of the Drive-ins in this area played X-rated movies, I don't know how they got away with that, I'm sure it was probably visible from the nearby road. But it, and all the others I went to are all gone now.

I used to love going to the drive-in with my folks.  Unfortunately, our local drive-in has been gone for almost two decades.  But, there's a really nice two screen drive-in about an hour from me that's extremely popular.

You can't go to the drive-in where I live any more, they are all gone  :(  (I think there may be ONE left somewhere)....

I still have a Drive-in about a half mile from my house. 

I was fortunate to enjoy one. But it was in the early 80s. Wish we still had them.

Tanya

I loved the Drive-in...my parents used to take us kids (in our jammies) to the drive-in...I remember seeing Liz and Dick, (Taylor, and Burton...for some reason it turns from Dick, to dip, when I post :D heehee...woe to the nicknamed Richards in the group ;D) in "Cleopatra"...then as a teen I saw "Woodstock" with a couple of carloads of friends...that was back in the great state of Maine, where my family still lives...
and when our kids were little we would take them to the drive-ins in Washington state, where we lived till 1997...we live in Montana now, and there is a drive-in about 30 miles away that my kids and I go to once in a while...saw both Spidermen movies there...and a few other...It is a great form of family entertainment, that gets you out of the house!
Geez I feel lucky...seems like I have never been without a drive-in close by for my 50 years on this planet...I hate to see the end of that institution. :\'(

Drive-Ins were my life.  From 1974 to 1984 my family owned several so I went at least 6 times a week. From the age of 10 I was working most nights of the week at them.
I miss the atmosphere of them.  The big dating scene, the little kids in pyjamas, the great burgers (my dads were famous !!), two movies, music at intermission. 

We closed our last one in.1984 as videos took over to such an extent that our state went from having something like 55 drive-ins to just 3.  I still own the block of land - it has sheep on it at the moment !

I have posted this link some time ago - but will share again - its the old program sheets my dad and I use to make for advertising. 

http://libranmonkey.homestead.com/DriveIn.html   it will take a while to load as they are A4 sized pics.  But its fun to relook at what we use to show.


Back in my hometown, there is a drivein Kane Road Drive In that has been in business for 50 years.

It has a 3-bedroom apartment built into it.  The owners live there, inside the screen.  So cool.  8)

Back in my hometown, there is a drivein Kane Road Drive In that has been in business for 50 years.

It has a 3-bedroom apartment built into it.  The owners live there, inside the screen.  So cool.  8)


When we owned the Wongan Hills drive in - it was out in the wheatbelt several hours drive from Perth.  We had a caravan parked under the screen and thats where we lived each Friday and Saturday night from 79 - 84.  We would get picked up from school on Fridays, do our homework in the car on the drive up, set the kiosk and everything up, open Friday and Saturday nights, then drive home before dawn on Sundays.  Every weekend for those years.

There is a drive-in in my area.  They have two screens and show 2 different movies on each screen.  I think the cost is $7 for a car load.  It's been almost 10 years since I've been to the drive in.  The good thing about the drive in, you don't have to listen to people behind you talking, like in the theater.  I think this drive-in will be around for a while longer.  EVery Friday and Saturdays cars are lined up for miles just to get in. 

We still have a drive-in about 12 miles from here. The coolest I remember from the drivein was seeing Bullitt with Steve McQueen. During the chase scene you could see most of the stop lights in the lot come on at certain times. Nothing like living a movie. I was in my 68 camaro and about beat it to death during the chase.

I thought Drive In Movies was a thing of the past,I never knew they still existed! :o



Howard

The two I remember in Atlanta: 1st one, the Piedmont Drive-in, went from drive-in to a Wal-mart like store, now it's a rapid transit subway station and parking lot.  2nd one, the North 85 went from drive-in to outdoor flea market, now it's a multi-plex cinema with a bunch of theatres.

I remember when I was about 15-16 I couldn't wait untill I turned 18 because there was a XXX :o drive in theatre about a mile from where we lived and I just KNEW that I was going to check that place out. Well at about 17 1/2 it was sold and turned into a scrapyard :(, my teenage dreams were shattered and I never got to go :(.

Would there happen to be any Drive In Movie Theaters in NYC by any chance?  ???



Howard

Would there happen to be any Drive In Movie Theaters in NYC by any chance?  ???



Howard


There appear to be several Howard. Here is a link:
http://tinyurl.com/4nr4q
just search by state in the upper left corner.

There appear to be several Howard. Here is a link:
http://tinyurl.com/4nr4q
just search by state in the upper left corner.



Wow. Thanks Joe.I never knew Drive In's still existed in New York.I guess it's better than standing in line buying a ticket. :P



Howard

Wow. Thanks Joe.I never knew Drive In's still existed in New York.I guess it's better than standing in line buying a ticket. :P



Howard


Sitting in the car is better than standing in line, right?  :) (unless you have to drive a loooooooooooooooong way to get there)

Sitting in the car is better than standing in line, right?  :) (unless you have to drive a loooooooooooooooong way to get there)


I believe it is.every Drive In Theater in New York is Upstate nowadays.


Howard

Ah, a topic near to my heart! The Starlite Drive in in my hometown holds many memories for me.  The drama from sneaking "broke" friends in my trunk past the dimly lit booth of the old woman as if she were the cryptkeeper to the challenge of finding the perfect parking angle spot to the freedom and wonder of getting out on the hood with a blanket to better feel the atmosphere of the stars to the exciting adolescent exploration of the sexual possibilties in a risky surrounding to the realization that those  B movie double features usually weren't any good but they didn't get in the way of our night out and we still enjoyed going there again and again anyway. The Hells Angels movies and (Anyone Remember -"Confessions of a photographer" doubled with "Confessions of a window washer" ?) low budget semi-porn films ruled when I was going to the drive ins and horror double features known as "Creature features". Even today I have a weakness for some of those "bad' films because I saw them at the Drive in. I think I may even have a collection of those metal window hanging speakers somewhere in my garage today that somehow got forgotten and disconnected. By the way, go to Drive -In search engine on the internet and there's a list of all actively operating ones there. The closest Drive-ins to me still in operation are off I-85 in Atlanta they have 2 or 3 in one complex. 1 in Maryville, Tennessee that I watched be closed for years and recently ressurected. I deeply feel IF this nostalgic idea were handled properly Drive-Ins would make a huge comeback, financially and in popularity. Are $$$ investors listeneing? I for one would go to the Drive-in and hope the movie wasn't any good so it wouldn't interfere with my night out.

Ah, a topic near to my heart! The Starlite Drive in in my hometown holds many memories for me. 


You must have gone to Chamblee or Henderson High if you ran around that area out by the Starlite.  I went to Grady and hardly ever went out I-85 before about the 1970s.  Remote unknown area out there as I recall until you got to Gainesville or Monroe.

I guess Drive In Movie Theaters are better than regular ones cause at DIMT,you don't have to tell people to shut up.You can just roll back up the windows and relax!  ;D



Howard

Last week my brothers came down to visit me and we went to a drive-in theater (the I-70 Drive-In in Kansas City, Mo). It was the first time any of us had gone to a drive-in movie in since at least 1989 (that was the year the last drive-in closed in Lincoln, NE--my hometown). And it was really cool. I'm looking forward to going to more drive-in movies there.
http://www.cinematour.com/location/usa/mo/kci70di.jpg

Last week my brothers came down to visit me and we went to a drive-in theater (the I-70 Drive-In in Kansas City, Mo). It was the first time any of us had gone to a drive-in movie in since at least 1989 (that was the year the last drive-in closed in Lincoln, NE--my hometown). And it was really cool. I'm looking forward to going to more drive-in movies there.
http://www.cinematour.com/location/usa/mo/kci70di.jpg

That' cool, AL-B! I really miss the old drive in. Here's the one I used to go to in the 60s and 70s.