South Bay Six Drive-In
20151 S. Main Street,
Carson,
CA
90745
20151 S. Main Street,
Carson,
CA
90745
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This drive-in was still around in the early Nineties but has since been demolished.
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Ken McIntyre
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I’ll have a number of photos of Syufy Drive-Ins to share. When Century’s offices moved to Texas, they threw out a lot of photos, all of which are waiting to be scanned.
This is now a wholesale car auction lot. The public is not invited.
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There are two photos on this site. The theater has been razed since this was written:
http://tinyurl.com/3me4cz
Just before it closed, there was a rape that occured here. I believe this was one of the reasons as to why it was shut down. I don’t know if the case was ever solved. The last movie I saw here was the Star Trek movie w/Ricardo Montalban(RIP). I do miss the drive-ins.
My mom and I used to alternate between here and the Vermont when the place was open. That gave South LA moviegoers a choice between 9 different double features to choose from during any given weekend in the 80’s & 90’s.
I remember seeing the marquee when driving on the 405 Freeway back in the day. Now I take that freeway to and from work and I get a little sad to this day knowing that marquee is no longer there.
I really do miss this place.
Here is another aerial photo circa 1980:
http://tinyurl.com/ycy7xup
@ Usherb4. you are partially correct, there was a man and a woman abducted there, they were both beaten and the male was later dumped out of the vehicle, the woman was found early the next morning executed. it was a very sad day for the theater and the resident of Carson. I worked at the SB6 at the time as the house manager. i believe the womans name was “Irene Martinez” i might be wrong, it was a long time ago!
i was mistaken, her name was irene franco, and here are some LA times link about the incident.
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Photos are available at Cinematour.com —
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/1899.html
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