Island Auto Movie Drive-In

791 Thau Way,
Alameda, CA 94501

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scottneff
scottneff on January 8, 2012 at 5:10 pm

Alameda is an Island in the San Francisco Bay.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on April 28, 2010 at 10:37 am

Interesting name.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 11, 2009 at 10:30 pm

Here is an October 1950 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/mnyajn

bago1
bago1 on April 15, 2009 at 10:07 am

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/

bago1
bago1 on May 20, 2008 at 7:28 pm

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..

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 21, 2006 at 6:47 am

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.

gsmurph
gsmurph on June 16, 2005 at 8:28 am

The Island Auto Movie opened June 29, 1950, within six weeks of the Alameda Auto Movie.

unknown
unknown on October 16, 2003 at 9:18 am

Syufy (now known as Century Theaters) was the operator of this drive-in for many years until its close.