Fountain Valley Drive-In

18245 Brookhurst Avenue,
Fountain Valley, CA 92708

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RonP
RonP on January 7, 2012 at 2:19 pm

The Fountain Valley Drive-In opened on July 12, 1967 with ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ and ‘Tammy and the Millionaire’. It had room for 2,000 cars and cost about a million dollars. It was the tenth drive-in built in Orange County and Pacific Drive-in Theatre’s 75th location. Its closing attractions on October 7, 1984 were ‘The Woman in Red’ and ‘The Joy of Sex’. And that is only 17 years!

Richie_T
Richie_T on July 4, 2011 at 3:14 pm

Saw Star Wars there for the first time… after the show the old man drove off with the massive speaker box still attached to the window of the family Ford Granada… good times.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 18, 2010 at 11:52 am

I know it would impossible to have a top ten DRIVE-INS,but if it were THE FOUNTAIN VALLEY would have to place somewhere in those numbers.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on February 12, 2010 at 11:23 pm

Grand opening ad for the Fountain Valley Drive-In
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nancynurse
nancynurse on May 23, 2009 at 8:28 am

I have lived in FV since 1977 and remember going to see St. Pepper with my husband and infant daughter at this drive-in. I now work as a nurse at Orange Coast Memorial hospital that is sitting on the site of the drive-in.

shoeshoe14
shoeshoe14 on September 8, 2008 at 8:51 am

Was mentioned in the documentary “Drive-In Movie Memories” in 2001.

sduhler
sduhler on June 16, 2007 at 7:00 pm

Yeah, Fountain Valley Drive-in had a BIG screen. I lived a mile away on Elm Street in Talbert Village, and I’d climb the big elm tree in our front yard and watch the movie, perched in the branches. No sound and pretty uncomfortable, but impressive nonetheless. The night it opened they had a big broohaha – the world premiere of John Wayne’s ‘The War Wagon’ – and the PR buzz was that “An Oscar-winning actor” would be there for the festivities. Imagine everyone’s disappointment when it turned out to be Ed Begley, Sr.! On the other hand, a lot of guys appreciated the appearance of a young up-and-coming starlet named Raquel Welch.

moviebluedog
moviebluedog on January 6, 2006 at 6:10 pm

This drive-in was equipped for 70mm projection.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 9, 2005 at 12:51 pm

From socaldriveins.com:

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bkazmer
bkazmer on March 16, 2005 at 1:14 am

This theater was wonderful for the gigantic screen…the largest outdoor one I have ever seen. It was close to home and also very close to the Warner and the Harbor Drive-in…at one time that part of Orange County had five drive-ins about ten minutes apart to choose from…Warner, Harbor, Fountain Valley, Highway 39 and the Paulo…. Valhalla for those of us who loved drive in movies! This one also was in the lowlands and was now and then shut down early due to thick fogs.

Manwithnoname
Manwithnoname on October 14, 2003 at 5:52 am

I saw “The Cowboys” at this theater and the screen was not only huge it was curved. If memory serves, this was the last single screen drive-in built in Orange County. It was run by Pacific Theaters.