Photos favorited by davidcoppock

  • <p>The 1965 before (wind storm topples screen tower) and after (new tower replaces the shattered screen) at the Sunset Drive-In Theatre in Houston, MO</p>
  • <p>2010 season opener for the Owen Drive-In</p>
  • <p>First ad for the Owen Drive-In Theatre in Seymour, Missouri on April 28, 1961 with a Tarzan film.</p>
  • <p>Typical ad, from the July 16, 1953 Conneautville Courier. (Newspapers.com doesn’t have the 1949 issues, so I couldn’t find the grand opening ad.) Not my copyright, of course, and likely to be in the public domain.</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 3/22/71.</p>
  • <p>A lobby card from the movie that played at this theater on March 4, 1962, according to the “Columbus Dispatch.”</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Dispatch” May 19, 1955</p>
  • <p>The theme song from the movie that played at this theater on April 28, 1957, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The single reached number five on the Billboard chart.</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Dispatch,” April 28, 1957</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Dispatch,” Sunday, July 6, 1952</p>
  • <p>An ad from the “Columbus Dispatch,” July 3, 1987. Besides Mel Gibson, this triple bill presents another ranked star from the Top Ten Money Makers at the Box Office in 1987, according to the Quigley Poll.</p>
  • <p>April 28th, 1946</p>
  • <p>July 22nd, 1955 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>1962</p>
  • <p>April 16th, 1954 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>December 2021</p>