Absecon Drive-In

512 E. Absecon Boulevard,
Absecon, NJ 08201

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 24, 2007 at 9:23 pm

They were showing soft porn as early as 1975, as I recall.

Crazy Bob Madara
Crazy Bob Madara on March 14, 2007 at 4:45 am

I ran the last film there in the summer of 1983. The FRANKS were trying to make it into a truck stop for casino buses. They had showers and sleeping bunks in the kitchen area, for the bus drivers. The films that we were showing were soft core porn. We charged 4.00 a carload, but the marquee said: 4.00 a load. I think that they were running out of letters.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 5, 2006 at 11:38 pm

Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y4yedn

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 16, 2006 at 10:37 pm

Thanks for the pics from my neck of the woods. The opening date was probably in the early 60s. I saw Snow White, some other Disney film (Bluebeard’s Ghost?) and Sergeant Deadhead (with the Three Stooges) as a five or six year old, circa 1966.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 16, 2006 at 9:00 pm

According to CT contributor crazybob, the Absecon Drive-In was first owned by Walter Reade and later by the Frank family.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 9, 2006 at 7:56 pm

The screen is still standing. The adjacent golf course is now a Home Depot and Staples office supply store.