Comments about Rosecrans Drive-In in Paramount, CA

MagicLantern on June 18, 2010 at 11:37 pm

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

TLSLOEWS on April 20, 2010 at 12:26 pm

Pretty big drive-in.

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.

kencmcintyre on February 20, 2010 at 10:15 am

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

lostmemory on September 2, 2009 at 6:55 pm

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

kencmcintyre on September 2, 2009 at 6:51 pm

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

kencmcintyre on March 28, 2009 at 5:34 pm

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

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 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

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

lostmemory on June 9, 2008 at 9:46 am

This link mentions “Seeing the very first movie, in 1954, to play at the brand-new Rosecrans Drive-In in Paramount, River Of No Return, in Cinemascope on their fabulous new wide screen!”

Anyone know for sure if 1954 was the opening year?

pincin on June 9, 2008 at 12:57 am

(Sorry, that should have been “Hwy 39” Drive-In)…

pincin on June 9, 2008 at 12:54 am

I took photos of this marquee many years ago and have got to find them. I recall it had a mural of racing airplanes (like something out of “The Rocketeer”). I always thought that was curious because there was no airport in that area, at least not that I remember. This theater was on a huge lot and they’ve since built a massive shopping mall centered by a Wal-Mart, which is the same fate as that of the Hwy 59 Drive-In.

tombrueggemann on March 15, 2008 at 4:20 pm

This drive-in is featured briefly in the AIP 1958 film Attack of the Puppet People.

William on October 1, 2007 at 8:44 am

The Rosecrans Drive-In was operated by Pacific Theatres.

kencmcintyre on October 1, 2007 at 7:52 am

“You’re dead to me, Fredo”. From the LA Times, February 1975:
http://tinyurl.com/2emqv2

Rosecrans Drive-In

8864 E. Century Boulevard, Paramount, CA 90723

8864 E. Century Boulevard,
Paramount, CA 90723