Division Drive-In
5566 Division Avenue S,
Kentwood,
MI
49548
5566 Division Avenue S,
Kentwood,
MI
49548
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Previous Names: Drive-In, Stardust Drive-In
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Opened as the Drive-In on May 29, 1948, it was owned by H.J. Ochs. This was the first drive-in in the Grand Rapids area. It was later operated by Triangle Drive-In Co. and was renamed Division Drive-In. Car capacity listed at 600 with a single screen.
In August 1962 it was renamed Stardust Drive-In. It want over to screening adult movies from 1964. It was closed in the 1970’s and has been demolished and an RV dealer is now where the drive-in once stood.
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Since it was the only drive-in in town when it opened, the original name was simply Drive-In Theater. It was renamed the Division in late 1948 or early 1949. The next name change came around 1962 when it became the Stardust.
The Stardust Drive-In restarted operation in August 1962 with Floyd Bloss as operator. The theater was not in operation before that. I became associated with Mr. Bloss shortly after that as co-operator and projectionist. At that time 2nd run family movies were shown. In 1964 it converted to x rated fare and closed in the 70’s. Mr Bloss now resides in Las Vegas. I left the business when x rated movies were played. Mr Bloss also operated the Hastings Drive-In and the Burton Capri theaters. John Whitman
The location of this business is currently in the city limits of Kentwood, several miles south of the city of Grand Rapids.
Bloss was a well known pornographer in the 1960
s.In about 1965, he hired a young man(age 22) as a projectionist.His name was Harry Mohney.Eventually, young Mohney became Floyds partner and the two men ran several porn theaters in Michigan.Bloss experienced a tragedy when his 19 year old daughter Debra was murdered in one of her father`s porn theaters (in Battle Creek).After the murder, Bloss sold his share of the theaters to Mohney and moved to Hawaii.Mohney expanded his porn holdings and is now worth nearly a billion dollars.dollars.Opened on May 29th, 1948 as the first drive-in in the area. Uploaded grand opening ads as well as an 1965 USGS aerial photo.
It had been demolished by 1972. Looks like a flea market or similar business was on the property at that time.