Harvest Moon Drive-In

Chuck1231 on January 18, 2011 at 10:45 pm

As a Twin it is listed as having accomadations for 500 cars.
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Mike Rogers on May 15, 2010 at 8:21 am

In 1956 it parked 350 cars and was owned by Clifford Orr.

lostmemory on July 8, 2009 at 11:12 am

This is a 2009 photo.

kencmcintyre on February 28, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Here is part of a June 1989 article from the Illinois Daily Herald:

GIBSON CITY, Ill. – With the reopening of a local drive-in theater, “a dinosaur is coining back,” and people once again will be able to enjoy summer evenings and movies simultaneously, says operator Michael Harroun. “There’s been a whole decade of people who haven’t seen them,” said the 33-year-old Onarga resident, who is re-opening the Harvest Moon Drive-In this month with state-of-the art equipment. Harroun and his next-door neighbor, 34-year-old John Talbert, are leasing and remodeling the Harvest Moon on Illinois Route 47 near this east-central Illinois community of 3,500.

Harroun and Talbert think the movie-going public isn’t ready to give up on the drive-in. “I honestly believe these things go in cycles,” said Harroun. “We’ve missed a whole generation. There’s a whole generation that should be able to enjoy a drive-in.” They plan to start showing movies under the stars on June 16, charging $2 a person. The theater will be open Friday through Monday nights through October.

The Harvest Moon Drive-In was closed in 1977 by owner Clifford Orr, who said he quit the business for health reasons. It reopened for a few years in the early 1980s under a lease. It is in relatively good shape, according to Harroun, because it was rebuilt after the screen and concession stand were destroyed by a tornado in 1965.

Harroun and his brother, Patrick, own and operate the Onarga Mode theater, which they opened in 1984, and the Watseka Bon Aire, which opened in 1987. Both are indoor theaters. Harroun and Talbert believe people will travel up to 30 minutes from as far away as Champaign-Urbana and Bloomington-Normal â€" two towns without drive-in movies.

lostmemory on March 22, 2007 at 5:01 am

This is a photo of the Harvest Moon marquee.

saps on July 24, 2004 at 11:55 am

Here’s another still-open twin drive-in, this one just south of Gibson City in beautiful East-Central Illinois. Check out their web site.