Overlook Drive-In
126 Degarmo Road,
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12603
126 Degarmo Road,
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12603
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The Overlook Drive-In opened prior to 1955. A vibrant drive-in that still attracts large crowds and people from all walks of life, the Overlook Drive-In is located just 15 minutes away from the endangered Hyde Park Drive-In.
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This is an EXCELLENT DRIVE IN! The screen is BIG.Trees flank both sides of the screen.In addition there are NO HOUSES,BUSINESSES around the Drive In
This makes it whisper quiet and with no light anywhere around it is pitch dark PERFECT for viewing!
Is there any way to get even a rough estimate of how many operating drive-ins are left in the US? I think the peak was in the thousands back in the early to mid 50s.
I don’t know how accurate these numbers are but a 2003 story in the Boston Globe gives these figures:
1950-about 3,775 drive-ins in the U.S.
December 1997, only 815 screens remained.
2003-432 nationwide.
If the 1950 figure is close, there are alot of drive-ins missing from this site.
I believe a handful of drive-ins have actually OPENED in recent years, in a modest reversal of a long-time trend. I don’t have corroborating data at the moment to back that up, but I distinctly remember reading that somewhere within the past couple of years
Correct NYDave. Here in New Jersey, the Delsea Drive-in reopened after being closed for almost 20 years. And in Maryland and Texas, I believe some brand new ones were built in the last few years.
Excellent!
I can verify that the two drive-ins near me (Overlook and Hyde Park) do a bang-up business in the summer, so there’s definitely a market for drive-ins. Now let’s bring back the automat and the drive-in restaurant!
Mentioned in a NYTimes CT Section piece on the two drive-ins left in Connecticut.
http://tinyurl.com/6ogwv4
Does anyone know how to find out what two movies were playing at the Overlook back in 1976? June 1 st to be exact? Lish
Somebody’s sniffing for answers for You Can’t Win! LMAO. You’re not alone!
1969 sees “PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE” and “GUIDE FOR A MARRIED MAN” playing both rated “M”.