Starlight Six Drive-In
2000 Moreland Avenue SE,
Atlanta,
GA
30316
2000 Moreland Avenue SE,
Atlanta,
GA
30316
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Really wonderful drive-in theater in Atlanta operated by the family who built it in 1950. The last drive-in theater in Atlanta. Currently shows double-feature first run movies. You can bring in food, barbeques, lawn chairs, tables and have a tail gate party. I was there for the opening of “Barbeque” and everyone was tailgaiting, kids running around. Really fun. Beautiful marquee, stars falling in neon. The theater is also surounded by trees so it looks like a park. Nothing like the BIG screen with stars in the sky shining in the background.
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Dennis has posted this photo of an ad from the AJC from the spring of 1963. On the right hand side is the drive in ladder where 15 of Atlanta’s drive ins representing several companies listed their attractions. The ad for the “Twin Starlight” is at the bottom. The North is playing “The Slave” and “Cairo”. The South has a triple feature of “Beast of Paradise Isle”, “Beast From Haunted Cave”, and “Beast With A Million Eyes”. Pretty standard drive in fare for those days.
Here is a 2008 night view.
Newspaper ad from August 1964 with a write up for the feature playing on the North field:
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Newspaper ad and write up on the feature opening August 5, 1964 on the South field:
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Link to the Drive In ladder ad in the Atlanta paper on August 5, 1964. The blogger has also written up some of his memories of working at these places. Worth a look if you are interested in the drive in culture from 1970 – 1990.
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A recent night photo is here.
Here some more photos.
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Looking at the screens it looks too much like the Fun-Lan Drive-in Tampa i don’t want to see what is on the other screen.I think sometimes exhibitors just get greedy and want another screen. My visit to Fun-Lan in Tampa is posted there.I really wish we would drove on out to the drive-in in LAKELAND,Fla. One screen is just Great.Two is okay if the picture is BEHIND ME,not off to the side.
Here is a movie ad showing Thunder Road.
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While stationed at Ft McPherson in Atlanta, I continued my movie habit by visiting the Starlight, when I bought my car it was a different feeling, being in a car I didn’t really like, watching a movie I didn’t really want to see Thunderheart (1992). We both feel asleep and were awaken by light showers. Ahh to be young and in love….