Rosecrans Drive-In
8864 E. Century Boulevard,
Paramount,
CA
90723
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.
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Pacific’s Rosecrans Drive-In opened July 1, 1954, according to Boxoffice Magazine’s issue of July 10 that year.
Here is an opening day ad from drive-ins.com:
http://tinyurl.com/dzqfrb
“The Big Combo” was playing at the Rosecrans in March 1955:
http://tinyurl.com/nk7m3g
It’s a shame that this site isn’t about films.
Here is a January 1976 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ybb6ofh
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.
Pretty big drive-in.
Now a WalMart and an Albertsons on the site – pretty big drive-in indeed.
Address correction: Its just Century Blvd. NOT East.
I remember seeing Teen Wolf, Fright Night, E.T., Back To The Future, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Crocodile Dundee, The Karate Kid, Ghost Busters, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom, etc. All at this theater in the early mid 80’s. I wish Drive-ins were still a thing. I’m glad the Van Buren Drive-in out in Riverside is still open. My kids have now had the drive-in experience and today it’s still just as much fun as it was when I was a kid.
If I recall correctly, because we went to different ones, this drive-in had a playground in it for the kids. I remember watching one movie with my parents and looking at the screen behind us to watch one of the Friday the 13th movies. —Great memories.