Rosecrans Drive-In

8864 E. Century Boulevard,
Paramount, CA 90723

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Opened in 1954, this was later triplexed and was demolished in 1993. The 1981 IMPA lists the capacity as 1,600 cars, so it must have been a sizable piece of property.

Contributed by Ken McIntyre

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Meredith Rhule
Meredith Rhule on December 20, 2008 at 7:40 pm

Worked here and the UA Long Beach Marketplace 6. This place could be tough. During the day, they had a swap meet. When I can in, so many speaker poles would be knocked down. Know matter what, you had to be there a couple hours early to fix any shorts in the sound. The business agent had this theater for years, until the swap meet came in. Finally, in 85, I got sent to the OKC Academy to become an FAA radar air traffic controller. That lasted a year until I had a stroke. Guess what, back to the damn drive-in again. The story never ends. sheesh

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 28, 2009 at 2:33 pm

“I, Mobster” was playing at the Rosecrans in March 1959. Click on the ad for a better view:
http://tinyurl.com/cr8u4t

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on March 28, 2009 at 4:05 pm

Pacific’s Rosecrans Drive-In opened July 1, 1954, according to Boxoffice Magazine’s issue of July 10 that year.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 28, 2009 at 5:34 pm

Here is an opening day ad from drive-ins.com:
http://tinyurl.com/dzqfrb

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 2, 2009 at 6:51 pm

“The Big Combo” was playing at the Rosecrans in March 1955:
http://tinyurl.com/nk7m3g

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 2, 2009 at 6:55 pm

It’s a shame that this site isn’t about films.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 20, 2010 at 10:15 am

Here is a January 1976 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ybb6ofh

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm

In my 1956 motion picture almanac it has the drive-in listed but no capacity or owner listed one of the few i have come across like that.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on April 20, 2010 at 12:26 pm

Pretty big drive-in.

MagicLantern
MagicLantern on June 18, 2010 at 11:37 pm

Now a WalMart and an Albertsons on the site – pretty big drive-in indeed.

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