The biggest attendance that I know of was for “The Dirty Dozen”. We put on an extra showing and it was held over for a week. When “Night of the Living Dead” was shown, folks returning from the snack bar walked like zombies and scared the hell out of those that were stoned. Good times.
Nice to see so many memories of the Sunrise Drive In. I worked there from 1967 until 1970. I started working during the day repairing the damage caused the previous evening; replacing speakers and heaters, re setting speaker poles, repairing the perimeter fencing, etc. All for $1.35 an hour! It paid the bills. The retired guys who cleaned the field burned the garbage in shopping carts they pushed around. They would find some money left in snack box trays and many other “interesting” items.
I switched to nights as a “field usher”. This position included directing cars, replacing defective speakers and heaters, and doing the charity collections. Yeah, that was me banging on your roof when you were occupied in the back seat.
Next was box office cashier, so you and I may have actually met! That was a great job as long as you didn’t mess up. Cars with one occupant were logged and the manager would visit the car in his golf cart later to see if any others had magically appeared. If so, out you go!
The folks that worked there were the roughest, toughest guys I’ve met till this day. Most worked heavy jobs on the Long Island Railroad during the day. To me, they were honest and kind and I’ll never forget them.
Mr. Scott. Lee Scott was the manager and ruled with an iron hand. The only time he smiled was when someone from Redstone Management paid a visit. He yelled, screamed, and was very arrogant. He DID run the place well and we did manage to have a good time working there.
If any of you folks have any questions, bring ‘em on or email me at
The biggest attendance that I know of was for “The Dirty Dozen”. We put on an extra showing and it was held over for a week. When “Night of the Living Dead” was shown, folks returning from the snack bar walked like zombies and scared the hell out of those that were stoned. Good times.
Nice to see so many memories of the Sunrise Drive In. I worked there from 1967 until 1970. I started working during the day repairing the damage caused the previous evening; replacing speakers and heaters, re setting speaker poles, repairing the perimeter fencing, etc. All for $1.35 an hour! It paid the bills. The retired guys who cleaned the field burned the garbage in shopping carts they pushed around. They would find some money left in snack box trays and many other “interesting” items.
I switched to nights as a “field usher”. This position included directing cars, replacing defective speakers and heaters, and doing the charity collections. Yeah, that was me banging on your roof when you were occupied in the back seat.
Next was box office cashier, so you and I may have actually met! That was a great job as long as you didn’t mess up. Cars with one occupant were logged and the manager would visit the car in his golf cart later to see if any others had magically appeared. If so, out you go!
The folks that worked there were the roughest, toughest guys I’ve met till this day. Most worked heavy jobs on the Long Island Railroad during the day. To me, they were honest and kind and I’ll never forget them.
Mr. Scott. Lee Scott was the manager and ruled with an iron hand. The only time he smiled was when someone from Redstone Management paid a visit. He yelled, screamed, and was very arrogant. He DID run the place well and we did manage to have a good time working there.
If any of you folks have any questions, bring ‘em on or email me at