Q-Twin East Drive-In

5580 S. 120th Street,
Omaha, NE 68137

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Previously operated by: Douglas Theaters

Previous Names: Q-Twin Drive-In

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Q-Twin East Drive-In

The Q-Twin Drive-In was opened on July 1, 1961 with Clark Gable in “Gone With the Wind” & Audie Murphy in “Battle at Bloody Beach”. This well-designed twin drive-in had a capacity for 1,600 cars. It screened first-run movies and was operated by R. Brehm and Douglas Theaters. It was closed in 1986.

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corgi
corgi on February 7, 2013 at 10:25 am

I worked there around the summer of 1984. Ass’t Mgr and got to run the projectors a couple of nights a week. They had, in addition to the modern platter projectors, a pair of the old Carbon Arc projectors still in place for each screen. They used a welding rod type of light element and had to be fired up manually. Never got to see them run but they were extremely cool.

skidada1975
skidada1975 on May 13, 2016 at 2:05 pm

Saw many movies here in the late 70s and early 80s. Not sure when it was demolished, but I watched the area being landscaped in 1989.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 21, 2016 at 1:45 pm

1974 print ad as Q Twin-East added courtesy of Richard Thies.

Corman7088
Corman7088 on September 9, 2017 at 7:19 pm

props well earned as being more original&coolest. However,even before it closed there have been those who need to reiterate? By saying it’s the best that THEY experienced in Omaha? Wasn’t all that rare to see line begin to form 4 or 5hrs before gates opened for beautiful nights predicted&expected?SKY VIEW still considered among most&more beautiful in country.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 30, 2018 at 2:33 am

Opened with “Gone with the wind” and Battle at Bloody Beach". Site is now possibly a golf course? Does the Q stand for anything?

rloeffler
rloeffler on October 30, 2018 at 11:50 am

The “Q” stood for the intersection in which all cars had to pass to get to the main road. That was the intersection of 120th St. and Q St., which was just north of the drive-in.

rloeffler
rloeffler on October 30, 2018 at 12:15 pm

The site was not part of a golf course originally (built in 1967), which was just a 9 hole site. It expanded to 18 holes in 1968. The drive-in ended up being a site for a couple of dozen houses. Long after the drive-in was demolished, a developer did a major renovation of the course moving the back 9 in 2004. Those are the holes you see today.

There was a regular theater just north facing Q St.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on March 30, 2022 at 11:28 am

Demolished in Mid-1988.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on December 5, 2022 at 7:07 am

Closed at the 15-year opt out point of its lease in 1986.

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