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