Comments about Gilmore Drive-In in Los Angeles, CA

Moviemanforever on March 7, 2012 at 2:23 am

I went to the Gilmore several times. I always liked being able to park near the big screen; I went during the week. I went with three friends, they were brothers, Jeff Tobias, Mark Tobias, and Robert Tobias, and they were triplets. The last time we were here, it was for a James Bond triple feature. It was a letdown because they were moving away, and I was graduating from high school with no direction in life. I started going to the drive-ins alone, and the last program I saw here was “Easy Rider” and “Drive He Said.”

If the Tobias brothers see this, please contact me at my email, – after you guys left, I avoided the draft, got a master’s degree, and retired early. We have two drive-ins around here, but my SUV doesn’t have a trunk, so we can’t sneak two dickfaces into the show anymore!

Mike Rogers on June 9, 2010 at 3:11 am

Great ads Ken Mc,could look at them all night,I enjoy the work you do on CT and all the great pictures,only wish i had the equipment to add my collections.

TLSLOEWS on June 9, 2010 at 2:10 am

Very cool photos.

kencmcintyre on April 18, 2009 at 8:35 pm

Here is an ad in the LA Times in December 1958. Click on the ad to zoom in:
http://tinyurl.com/cmkgw7

kencmcintyre on September 14, 2007 at 3:04 pm

Here is a June 1953 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/26k3n8

kencmcintyre on June 8, 2007 at 11:02 pm

I think the address was 6201 W. 3rd Street. That address shows up in some LA Times articles from the fifties about shootings and other problems at the drive-in.

kencmcintyre on October 13, 2006 at 6:27 pm

Here is a 1953 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/yede6g

kencmcintyre on December 4, 2005 at 4:06 pm

From the Bruce Torrence collection:

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