Compton Drive-In

2001 Rosecrans Avenue,
Compton, CA 90221

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Jamey_monroe45
Jamey_monroe45 on July 27, 2023 at 4:19 pm

Now a residential neighborhood.

Way off!

The actual address is 2001 Rosecrans Ave, Compton, CA 90221.

Please update.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 8, 2021 at 12:48 pm

The stars were out in Compton including Hoot Gibson, Andy Clyde, Tim McCoy, Andy Devine, Rex Allen, the Sons of the Pioneers and Frankenstein. On the big screen was a double feature of “Everybody Does It” and “Blue Lagoon” supported by a newsreel and two cartoons all on January 6, 1950. It closed at the end of a 25-year lease one day after its 25th Anniversary.

kennerado
kennerado on May 31, 2021 at 3:31 am

Appears that it was a double bill of “Street Fighter” and “Junior”, what a way to go out…

rivest266
rivest266 on April 28, 2020 at 10:25 pm

This closed on January 7th, 1995, and reopened as a church called “The Vision” on January 15th, 1995. Compton Drive-In found God.Compton Drive-In found God. Sat, Jan 7, 1995 – Page 177 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on October 8, 2019 at 10:51 pm

The Compton Drive-In opened on January 6th, 1950 by Pacific Theatres. Grand opening ad posted.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on August 15, 2019 at 1:44 am

“A temporary injunction against a used car lot and restaurant adjacent to the Compton Drive-In, a Pacific Drive-In operation, for using brilliant lights to the detriment of the ozoner customers was secured in Superior Court. The action state that the defendants installed the lights after the start of the drive-in to distract patrons of the latter.” — Boxoffice, July 4, 1960

rivest266
rivest266 on January 17, 2017 at 8:46 pm

Ted Mann built this drive-in with a partner according to this Minneapolis newspaper article from 1952.

Found on Newspapers.com

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 21, 2016 at 7:21 pm

The Fiesta Four Drive-In, opened in 1949 as the Whittier Drive-In, was actually in Pico Rivera, a few miles south of El Monte.

VictorAtomic
VictorAtomic on July 21, 2016 at 5:05 pm

Such a beautiful drive in…I was shocked when they razed the El Monte Fiesta Drive-in back in the late 90s.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 19, 2015 at 9:11 pm

Circa 1951 photo added featuring Sam Barris' `49 Mercury custom next to the Compton sign.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 14, 2014 at 4:06 am

Charles Phoenix wrote recently about his all-too-brief encounter with the Compton Drive-In.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on February 14, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Uploaded some Goggle Earth views.

lincbond442
lincbond442 on February 14, 2012 at 8:23 am

This place is one of my earliest memories as a child. We lived in Lynwood and would pass by this place on the way to Paramount on the weekends. It was a magnificent structure that I still remember almost 40 years later. Compton and El Monte had my favorite screen tower murals.

MagicLantern
MagicLantern on June 18, 2010 at 12:52 am

That’s a huge empty lot at that address now.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 21, 2009 at 6:29 am

Here is a January 1958 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/p55p6m

William
William on January 30, 2009 at 3:07 am

And you can also see that “Sleeping Beauty” was playing over at the Fox Wilshire Theatre in 70MM.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 30, 2009 at 3:04 am

He was the mini-Vin Diesel back then, I guess.

KingBiscuits
KingBiscuits on January 30, 2009 at 2:41 am

Mickey Rooney action film? Those are two things you don’t hear together everyday.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 30, 2009 at 2:21 am

Here is a January 1959 ad for a Mickey Rooney action film, showing at the Compton. Click on the ad to zoom in.
http://tinyurl.com/aesgyv

shoeshoe14
shoeshoe14 on September 6, 2008 at 8:14 pm

This drive-in was in the documentary “Drive-In Movie Memories” in 2001.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 11, 2008 at 11:00 pm

One of at least two classic basketball films released in that year, along with “The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh”.