Opened on 1st May 1950 with “A Woman of distinction”. Closed and demolished in 1991. The site became a housing estate (Skyway Village). Now a retirement home.
Possibly the World’s oldest operating Drive-in theatre(but not the World’s oldest operating outdoor picture theatre though, that record is held by the Sun Picture Gardens in Broome, Western Australia, Australia which opened on 9th December 1916).
Opened on 15th July 1950 as Statute Open Air Theatre with “Susanna Pass” and “Man from Colorado”. Name later changed to Glendale Drive-in(date unknown?).
Reopened as Auto-in Drive-in on 1st April 1949 with “Drums”.
Exhibitor was Far Northern Drive-ins P/L(1960 to 1971. Taken over by Birch, Carroll and Coyle from 31/12/1971 to 2000.
The second screen opened on 11th May 1982.
The site is proposed to become 520 residential units and industrial sites?
There is a video of this former drive-in site on You Tube(Frank Knight Cairns - Woree Drive-,in site, Bruce Highway).
Later the name was changed to Woree Drive-in(listed elsewhere on Cinema Treasures). Located in Woree(a suburb of Cairns).
Correction, Chartwell Carrington Place retirement home.
The retirement home is called Chartwell Carrington village.
Opened on 1st May 1950 with “A Woman of distinction”. Closed and demolished in 1991. The site became a housing estate (Skyway Village). Now a retirement home.
Address is 2204 48 Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
Opened on 5th April 1956.
Possibly the World’s oldest operating Drive-in theatre(but not the World’s oldest operating outdoor picture theatre though, that record is held by the Sun Picture Gardens in Broome, Western Australia, Australia which opened on 9th December 1916).
Don’t think I seen an uphill drive-in entrance road before?
Opened on 30th July 1950. Closed in 1985.
The site is now an Advance Motor Sales store, Subway, and a Walmart store.
Is there anything on the site now?
The last movie screened here as a movie theatre was “The Female Bunch”.
Correction, located on the banks of the Stave River between the dam and the sawmills.
Closed in(1970?). Possibly demolished? Site is now a trailer park. Located between a sawmill and cottages for the sawmill workers.
Correction opened as Starlite Open. air Theatre.
Located behind Shaw Fuel Oil & Kerosene.
Opened on 15th July 1950 as Statute Open Air Theatre with “Susanna Pass” and “Man from Colorado”. Name later changed to Glendale Drive-in(date unknown?).
I wonder if people were dying to go to this drive-in theatre, located next to a cemetery? Wonder if it ever screened any horror movies?
I mean cars and walk in’s, not cats.
This open air was for cats and walk in’s too.