Frontier Auto Movie

4885 Monterey Road ,
San Jose, CA 95123

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Previous Names: Frontier Village Drive-In

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Frontier Auto Movie

The Frontier Village Drive-In was opened on April 18, 1962 with Glenn Ford in “Experiment in Terror”. Closed as the Frontier Auto Movie on May 22, 1973 with Linda Gillan in “Terror at Red Wolf Inn”. It was torn down in 1980.

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 11, 2024 at 7:46 pm

The “Frontier Village Drive-In Theatre” opened on April 18, 1962 with “Experiment in Terror”. Grand opening ad from the San Jose News uploaded here.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 11, 2024 at 8:06 pm

The last mention of the Frontier Auto Movie that I could find in the San Jose News was on May 22, 1973, showing “The Folks at Red Wolf Inn” (AKA “Terror at Red Wolf Inn”) and “Frenzy”. The Frontier was absent from the News' listings the next day.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 12, 2024 at 8:01 am

I went looking for the date of the name change, and I remain confused. The first reference I could find in the San Jose News to “Frontier Auto Movie” was in its movie listings column in April 22, 1964. However, the drive-in’s advertisement in that issue was for the “Frontier Drive-in Theatre”.

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