Island Auto Movie Drive-In
791 Thau Way,
Alameda,
CA
94501
791 Thau Way,
Alameda,
CA
94501
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The Island Auto Movies opened in May 1950. A storm in 1991 destroyed the screen at this theater. Oddly enough, after the expense and labor of replacing it, the theater never re-opened. The site continued as a weekend swap meet until 1995 when it was closed and abandoned. It was demolished in 1997, and a housing subdivision was built shortly thereafter on the site. Nothing remains of this drive-in.
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Syufy (now known as Century Theaters) was the operator of this drive-in for many years until its close.
The Island Auto Movie opened June 29, 1950, within six weeks of the Alameda Auto Movie.
On 11/24/52, the Island was showing “The Thief” with Ray Milland and Rita Gam (?) along with “The Ring”, a boxing movie, as advertised in the Oakland Tribune. The phone number was LA-27205.
i remember this drive inn like it was yesterday i used to go here to watch movies all the time in the mid and late 80s i remember the last time i came here i seen a double feature ghostbusters 2 and indiana jones and the last crusade i remember the area around the drive inn was very dusty and a few abandoned wharehouses and factorys around this area also across the street was a big railroad yard i used to go to the fleamarket here also back then . now everything is gone a apartment complex stands where the drive inn used to be the railroad yard has been gone since 1998 the area is all strip malls and offices it,s really hard to recognize this area today..
heres a link of 2 1983 pictures of the island auto drive in
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveglass/2955672065/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveglass/393028224/
Here is an October 1950 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/mnyajn
Interesting name.
Alameda is an Island in the San Francisco Bay.