South Bay Six Drive-In
20100 S. Figueroa Street,
Carson,
CA
90745
20100 S. Figueroa Street,
Carson,
CA
90745
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Does anyone what the last movies playing st South Bay 6 Drive-In before it closed in 1997?
FROM THE FREEWAY! That’s a hint!
This address is not only correct, it is very incorect! It points to a neighborhod that has been there BEFORE the drive in snd still exists!
THE correct address for this theatre was 20100 S Figueroa St, Carson, CA 90745. It is the western entrance next to the freeway.
Side note: Private Benjamin with the glorious Goldie and the magnificent Eileen opened in October 1980 NOT 1981 as that ad is from Dec 1980 (Popeye opened Christmas ‘80)! Opening date is also wrong… Please update! 😍😍😍
This opened on January 30th, 1981 by Syufy THeatres with a newspaper preview showing on the 28th and 29th.
South Bay Drive-In opening Fri, Jan 30, 1981 – 31 · News-Pilot (San Pedro, California) · Newspapers.com
uainthe80s, that Star Trek movie was “Star Trek 2 the wraith of Khan”.
Uploaded three photos from the in the day to decay.
“The Rocketeer” was presented here in 35mm beginning on Friday June 21, 1991.
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Photos are available at Cinematour.com —
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/1899.html
i was mistaken, her name was irene franco, and here are some LA times link about the incident.
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@ 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!
Here is another aerial photo circa 1980:
http://tinyurl.com/ycy7xup
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.
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.
There are two photos on this site. The theater has been razed since this was written:
http://tinyurl.com/3me4cz
This is now a wholesale car auction lot. The public is not invited.
http://tinyurl.com/3evh5q
http://tinyurl.com/4tn4me
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.
Here is an undated aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/23ho2y
Here is a July 1984 ad from the LA Times. Note the governor of California in one of the features:
http://tinyurl.com/2327pq
This was operated by Syufy Enterprises / Century Theatres and was designed by architect Vincent Raney.
I believe that you could see this drive-in while on the Harbor Freeway, going south around Carson Boulevard. I moved to the area in 1994 and the theater was still open. A couple of years later it was gone.