Kallet Drive-In
West Genesee Street & Kasson Road,
Camillus,
NY
13031
West Genesee Street & Kasson Road,
Camillus,
NY
13031
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The Kallet Drive-In was located in Camillus, west of Syracuse NY. This drive-in opened in 1946 and featured a waterfall on the rear of the screen facing the road. Built in three tiers, 3,000 gallons of water a minute flowed down the structure, illuminated by 28 colored footlights. There was an 18 foot high statue at the base of the waterfall. It had a capacity for 800 cars.
The Kallet Drive-In was operated by Kallet Theatres and was closed in 1960.
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Lost Memory, Ken Roe
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The first movie listed as being shown at this drive-in was a comedy called “Cover Girl” with Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. The last movie listed as being shown at this drive-in was “Psycho”.
Here is a 1948 ad from the Syracuse Post-Standard:
http://tinyurl.com/39xhxy
One of the first—if not the first big new drive-in movie to open in the Syracuse area. I remember it had a cascading waterfall at the entrance. A classy place when it opened !
http://www.newyorkdriveins.com/centralnewyorkregion/kallet/kallet.php
Lots of great pictures