Sunset Drive-In
255 Elks Lane,
San Luis Obispo,
CA
93401
255 Elks Lane,
San Luis Obispo,
CA
93401
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Independently owned and operated, this is one of the few remaining drive-in theatres in Southern California that’s still screening films. It’s just before the famous Madonna Inn, on the right side of Highway 101 (the screen is difficult to miss) heading northbound.
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Another recent photo of the Sunset Drive-In marquee can be seen here.
This is a 2007 photo of the Sunset Drive-In and here is another.
Here is another photo of the Sunset Drive-In.
I grew up going to the Sunset Drive-in in the 60’s and 70’s and took my kids there often in the 80’s. I’ve since moved to the East Coast but am coming home for a family reunion. I’m looking forward to taking my grand-children to see a movie there! What a hoot!
This link will give you the movie schedule for the Sunset Drive-In.
Car capacity in 1975 was 500.
From the March 18, 1950, issue of Boxoffice Magazine: “Also set to open in April is the Sunset in San Luis Obispo, a 500-car drive-in owned by Don McClaren and Charles Pasquini. McClaren, a former branch manager for J.P. Filbert Co. here, served as his own architect.”
J.P. Filbert Co. was a theater supply outfit in Los Angeles.
Excellent video on the Sunset Drive In:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKX8Negb1VE
Here is a 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yecmyk5
2009 photo of the marquee at night, Sunset Drive-Im
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