Lee Highway Drive-In

8223 Lee Highway,
Merrifield, VA 22031

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Local619
Local619 on August 18, 2017 at 1:55 am

My bad.. the Lee Highway Drive In ran Brenkert (RCA) Projectors.. The Mount Vernon Drive In (the other Redstone Drive In) ran Simplex XLs..

rivest266
rivest266 on June 23, 2015 at 10:36 pm

Grand opening ad in photo section.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on May 31, 2010 at 10:28 pm

Cool a drive-in with real cineamscope.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 31, 2010 at 10:00 pm

It is listed in the 1956 Motion picture almanac,but tells nothing on how many cars could park or who owned it back in the 50’s.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLINT EASTWOOD,I know you filled that lot quite a bit.

ElCartero
ElCartero on June 17, 2009 at 10:46 pm

This page has some cool Lee Highway stuff, including a great ‘50s-vintage photo of the marquee:
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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 12, 2008 at 5:00 am

From the Washington Post and Times Herald, 10/10/55:

A gunman wearing a paper sack over his head with holes cut in it for his eyes took $1100 in cash from the woman cashier of the Lee Highway Drive-In Theater last night while a theater audience sat unknowingly in about 500 darkened automobiles nearby.

Local619
Local619 on June 15, 2007 at 2:20 am

Chain was Redstone..

Booth ran Simplex XLs and Ashcraft lamps.. water cooled gates but still ran very hot.