Sepulveda Drive-In
6161 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Van Nuys,
CA
91411
6161 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Van Nuys,
CA
91411
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Yeah, she is a school teacher,doesn’t need headaches from us.
Give her time Mike she will!
Yes, I saw the Pictures and made a comment. Guess I pissed Robin off for missing that NATIONAL HILLS THEATRE REUNION PARTY. She hasn’t answered any of my posts on NATIONAL HILLS, COLUMBIA SQUARE,or the IMPERIAL.
At least I posted some pitcures with Robins help.Look up the LOEWS VENDOME I know you saw the photos but I have more comments on there.
I got my ALMANAC out and I bet had you looked around your old downtown theatre you would have found one.AND YOU COULD BE HELPING OUT!!!!
Got that almanac out again Mike.
This Drive-in parked 1,500 cars and was owned by the Berman brothers.
Here is a 1980 aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/ybcncrs
You can the Sepulveda Drive-In marquee (unlit) in a night shot in the 1974 film “Bank Shot” around an hour in. When the gang paints the stolen bank.
…addendum – The Sherman Williams Paint Store was located on the NORTH-West corner of Sepulveda and Erwin Sts.
The Actual Drive-In Address: 6161 Sepulveda Blvd.
The Sepulveda Drive-in was 6144 Sepulveda Blvd .. at Erwin Street.
on the South-West corner ….
Not only did I go there several times, The company I worked for: Gold Key Furniture (now, Wick’s Furniture) took over the address in 1976, when our building was built over the front entrance.
Jim Rowe
Targets was definitely filmed at the easily indentifiable Reseda Drive-In. But, you can also catch a quick glimpse of the Sepulveda Drive-In in the film. It’s briefly shown as the sniper drives past on the expressway. Ignore Peter Bogdanovich’s comments about drive-in’s on the DVD, he’s a complete moron.
As a daily commuter on MTA’s Orange Line, I pass around/through the edge of that lot twice a day. The bus station is at the south edge of the property, with the rest of it’s land used for parking—between a Wickes Furniture building and a Public Storage facility.
A small, two-lane access street now connects to Sepulveda Blvd. on the east side, and also extends under The 405 Fwy. to exit opposite where Haskell Ave. ends at Victory Blvd. to the west.
I recently drove by Wendy’s which is front of where the Sepulveda Drive-in used to be located. The small marquee that was still there as of three years ago is in fact now gone. There appears to be have been a lot of new construction on the site.
SavageSailor;The Peter Bogdanovitch film “Targets” starring Boris Karloff was definately filmed at the Reseda Drive-In Theatre.
Regarding my last, ‘Targets’ may have been filmed at the other end of the basin in the Reseda Drive In (another of my haunts). Still well worth seeing if you want to remember the valley of our youth.
Aloha Everyone,
The Sepulveda Drive In was originally behind the Sherwin Williams paint store (now where Wendys is) down the Boulevard from the Builders Emporium (also long gone). In 1968 there was a movie about a teenage sniper filmed there titled ‘Targets’ which starred Boris Karloff. If you ever get a chance to see it, it has many panoramic views of the Drive in, the Valley towards Canoga Park/Reseda, Sepulveda Blvd, the Dam Basin (when it was still Maria’s cornfield) and plenty of cool cars.
Link: http://www.garbell.com/drive-ins/drive-in.htm
The small marquee is – or was – just behing Wendys parking lot.
There is no evidence of any drive-on at this site, just a very large parking lot.
Movieman, did you know that Debra Winger was the voice of ET?
I just drove by that location last week. I will look for the marquee (if it still exists) when I go to Van Nuys next Monday.
The Sepulveda Drive-In was behind a Wendy’s, not a Carls Jr. (the latter is a quarter-mile farther north).
It is no longer a storage area, but the property is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and will be used as a park-ride lot for a cross-Valley rapid transit line this summer.
I went to see “Everybody’s All American” here my sophmore year of college in the late 1980’s not too long before it closed. Recently I did notice a small marquee for theater still existed just off Sepulveda Blvd.
Opened in 1953, and closed in August of 1989. The site was demolished, but as of Summer 2003, the ticket booths and projection building still sand.