I was born (1952) and raised in West Sacramento. I have fond memories of the old El Rancho Drive-In, as we only lived 3 blocks away from it. I remember that Dad would regularly load us up in the family wagon (a beautiful bronze/white ‘57 two-door Chevy Nomad) which Mom had already fully stocked with snacks and drinks, of course. I think the last movie we saw there together was Ben-Hur (1959).
If you want to understand how truly magnificent this place looked to my young eyes back in those days, pay a visit to Tom Spaulding’s Flickr account at the below link to see a photo taken on October 31st, 1946 (FYI: the theater was built and opened in 1933).
LINK: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tspauld/2998750029/in/photostream/
I was born (1952) and raised in West Sacramento. I have fond memories of the old El Rancho Drive-In, as we only lived 3 blocks away from it. I remember that Dad would regularly load us up in the family wagon (a beautiful bronze/white ‘57 two-door Chevy Nomad) which Mom had already fully stocked with snacks and drinks, of course. I think the last movie we saw there together was Ben-Hur (1959). If you want to understand how truly magnificent this place looked to my young eyes back in those days, pay a visit to Tom Spaulding’s Flickr account at the below link to see a photo taken on October 31st, 1946 (FYI: the theater was built and opened in 1933). LINK: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tspauld/2998750029/in/photostream/