Motor-In Theatre

4125 S. Golden State Frontage Road,
Fresno, CA 93725

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rivest266
rivest266 on January 30, 2021 at 9:46 am

This opened on June 5th, 1946. Grand opening ad posted.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on January 11, 2020 at 10:05 am

Same Motor-In? Boxoffice, Oct. 8, 1955: “TULARE, CALIF. – The Harvey Amusement Co., San Francisco, has bought the 576-car Tulare Motor-In from the Robert L. Lippert theatre chain, also of San Francisco.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on October 28, 2019 at 1:39 pm

A 1972 aerial photo showed the Motor-In still intact and in good shape. It stayed on topo maps through at least 1981. The Motion Picture Almanac included it on its drive-in lists through the 1976 edition, but the MPA rarely noticed changes during 1967-76. The Motor-In fell off the list for good when the list rebooted in 1977.

Then again, that might have been because of the Motor-In’s content. I found a June 25, 1975 ad in the Fresno Bee for an X-rated triple feature there.

BTW, Google Maps prefers 3115 E Cartwright Ave for the current address. And the screen was still up as of a July 2015 Google Street View.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on October 4, 2019 at 11:24 am

Opened In The Mid-1940’s Earliest I Believe Is 1946.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on November 22, 2018 at 11:20 am

1962 aerial uploaded here. notice the weird placement of the concession stand.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on November 21, 2018 at 1:36 pm

never mind- it closed in the early 1980’s

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on November 11, 2018 at 5:03 am

YouTube video..Here

Motor-In Theater is spelled wrong…It should be “Motor-In Theatre"

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on November 11, 2018 at 1:40 am

i believe it was closed in 1966.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on November 4, 2018 at 1:15 pm

the screen still exists in 2018!

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on April 6, 2016 at 3:09 pm

Use this address: 4125 S. Golden State Blvd Fresno, CA

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 27, 2012 at 11:08 pm

Above address no longer exist. Now S. Golden State Frontage Rd. Use 3103 East Cartwright Avenue,Fresno, CA 93725 to map.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 13, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Here is a June 1947 ad from the Fresno Bee:
http://tinyurl.com/ktnpgy