Wexford Starlight Drive-In

12001 Perry Highway,
Wexford, PA 15090

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Previously operated by: Co-Operative Theaters

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Wexford Starlight Drive-In

Opened April 15, 1950. Last night of operation was on August 31, 1989 with Rick Moranis in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” & Yahoo Serious in “Young Einstein” (Wexford’s only other theatre, the indoor Cinema Wexford, had closed only a month-and-a-half earlier).

A church now operates on the site of the drive-in.

Contributed by Denny Pine

Recent comments (view all 12 comments)

raubre
raubre on July 16, 2007 at 3:41 pm

A gorl at work told me that there is a church at the former site now :(

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 20, 2010 at 6:28 pm

Yes,in 1956 it parked 700 cars and was owned by Co-op.

macintosh
macintosh on May 19, 2012 at 11:40 am

I do think it opened before 1956. I graduated June 1956 and remember many a high school nite At the Starlite. At our 25th reunion we went to a car show that happens there every Friday nite in the summer. It was on church property that takes up much of the old drive inn.

MatDC
MatDC on March 4, 2013 at 5:17 pm

I worked at the Starlite 1969-71. It was classic. In summer we ran a small amusement park at the front, for kids from 200 cars. In winter, we operated 3 days a week, to repeated showings of “Patton” and “Love Story,” watching 20 cars with steamed windows bouncing up and down, busily producing the next generation to play in the amusement park. At some point, that activity obviously declined!

MatDC
MatDC on March 4, 2013 at 5:24 pm

BTW, I also got to change those letters on the sign out front. Any idiot could have broken into the shed (and often did) and put up any obscene message they so desired. If only the current church could have seen some of the old signs!

jwmovies
jwmovies on January 24, 2019 at 2:28 am

The address for this theater was 12001 Perry Hwy, Wexford PA 15090. Now North Way Christian Community Church.

Please update.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on March 15, 2022 at 9:06 am

Boxoffice, July 28, 1958: “Two bus loads of handicapped children attending Variety’s Camp O'Connell are taken each Thursday to the Starlite Drive-In at Wexford. James H. Nash, one of the ozoner owners, counted 54 kiddies and 14 staff members last week enjoying the recreational facilities of its $25,000 playground”

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on May 31, 2022 at 10:26 am

The Wexford Starlite Drive-In closed at the end of its lease with “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and “Young Einstein” on August 31, 1989.

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