Starview Drive-In
18000 Big Basin Highway,
Boulder Creek,
CA
95006
18000 Big Basin Highway,
Boulder Creek,
CA
95006
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Starview Drive-In was located on Big Basin Highway midway between Big Basin State Park and Boulder Creek, CA. Opened in 1947, it was a single standard screen theatre with space for 375 cars.
In 1954, my parents managed the theatre and I was the projectionist. I was 14 years old at the time. The theatre was open during the summer tourist season as it relied upon the visitors to the State Park for customers. I believe the theatre closed in 1955 and was shortly thereafter demolished.
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Gordon Epperly
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Thanks for the photos Chuck.
Address…Big Basin Hwy and Moon Dr Boulder Creek, CA 95006
I think in closed in 1957.
This was such a nice to visit when I was a kid. They closed in the mid 50’s and never put in a wide CinemaScope® screen. Same owners I think as the old Burl Theatre in Boulder Creek, that building is still around but no longer a movie theatre.
The address for this Drive-in was 18000 Big Basin Hwy, Boulder Creek, CA 95006.
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375 cars.
The Starview Drive-In was opened in 1947, and was the first drive-in theater in Santa Cruz County. The owners were Frank Paone and John Forde who, in 1949, would open the much larger Encina Drive-In in Santa Cruz. They operated the Encina in partnership with a regional chain called Trans-California Theaters, but I’ve been unable to discover if the same arrangement was in effect at the Starview.