Baseline Drive-In
26653 Baseline,
Highland,
CA
92346
26653 Baseline,
Highland,
CA
92346
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The Baseline Drive-In opened in 1948. This was Pacific Theaters flagship theater for San Bernardino county, and yes, it was a drive-in. Inside the screen itself, it had housed the district offices.
Palm trees had once surrounded the entire drive-in, and the peaks of the San Bernardino mountains could be seen behind the screen. There were neither speakers nor speaker poles; the sound was broadcasted and patrons would tune-in on their car radios to hear the movie.
Sadly, the massive screen and the offices it housed caught fire, and that was the end of this treasure.
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This was THE DRIVE-IN to see a movie at in San Bernardino County, West of Los Angeles County. Nessled at the base of the massive San Berdoo mountains, the view within this beautifully manicured drive-in was spectacular.
Around 1981, I was working out of 110 in Chicago. I got a call from Business Agent Orr in San Bernardino, CA. He said he had been trying to track me down. Actually, it was his son who had first made contact with me. I immediately jumped in the car and drove there.
Homer, the district manager, welcomed me back, and I was in paradise. Having scrubed, cleaned and painted the entire projection room, I settled in for an unforgetable experience. Finally, at dusk while the view of the mountains was still visible behind the screen, I would turn-over that screaming generator and fire-up the carbon arc. Then, it was time to kill the preshow music and announce on the microphone, IT WAS SHOWTIME!
Correction: It is East of Los Angeles.
From socaldriveins.com:
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Here is an aerial photo circa 1980:
http://tinyurl.com/yz279g7
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Photo in Boxoffice maghazine, January 6, 1951:
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