Rainbow Drive-In

900 Rainbow Drive,
Gadsden, AL 35901

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 8, 2024 at 6:44 am

The indoor theater was called Rainbow Cinemas, which became Rainbow Cinemas 8. It has its own page on Cinema Treasures.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on August 26, 2018 at 6:24 pm

Opening film was “The Duel at Silver Creek on 26/9/1952. 300 cars Replaced by an indoor cinema(name unknown?), opening in 1978 and closing in 2003. Site is now an Exxon service station and convenience store.

dixonwh
dixonwh on September 20, 2013 at 1:01 pm

The screen was destroyed by straight line winds on June 30, 1977, on a week when it was showing the Joan Collins b-movie “Empire of the Ants.” An employee across the street at a Jack’s Restaurant was on the phone with her mother when she saw the screen go down, and suddenly started screaming.

The next day the marquee was changed to “Gone With the Wind.”

Mike Goodson
Mike Goodson on February 27, 2013 at 7:49 am

The owner was C.S. Pitman who owned the Pitman Theatre on Broad Street in downtown Gadsden.

jwmovies
jwmovies on November 11, 2012 at 3:12 am

Approx. address for tis drive-in was 900 Rainbow Drive.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on November 11, 2010 at 1:44 pm

There are several pictures of the Rainbow on its page at Drive-ins.com, including one of the storm-destroyed screen: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/altrain