Twin Drive-In
4660 Reading Road,
Cincinnati,
OH
45229
4660 Reading Road,
Cincinnati,
OH
45229
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This was a very popular drive-in, the only double drive-in in the Greater Cincinnati area. The screen tower was centrally placed and had a screen on each side. The screens were named Reading Road West theatre which held 950 cars and Ross Avenue East theatre which held 850 cars. Each had their own separate entrances, exits, box offices, concession stands and projection booths. It opened in May 1949. There was seating provided for 800 walk-in patrons.
Closed in the early-1980’s, after being torn down, it served as a car park lot for a while.
In 1987, National Amusements built what is now the 12-screen Showcase Cinemas Cincinnati complex on the land.
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Marc Edward Heuck
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The Twin Drive-In is listed as opening in 1949 with a capacity for 1300 cars.
It was not a used car lot, it was bought by GM to park and ship cars from the nearby Norwood Assembly plant until it closed.
There is an old ad for the Twin on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/df6ahk
Still listed in the 1980 IMPA with the same 1300 car capacity.
Ran WINDJAMMER in CINERAMA from 7/20/60 until 8/8/60. Harald Tusberg, Sven Erik Libaek, Kaare Terland from the film sang live. The ad showed a 3-headed CINEMIRACLE camera and had the CINERAMA logo. Advertised as “Only showing in a 4 state area as originally presented at the Capitol Theatre in CINERAMA”. While this was showing on one screen, the other screen was running CIRCUS OF HORRORS and AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN. Source is ads from Cincinnati Enquirer.
Hi Mark,
I would like to see that ad. I have a web site all about Cinerama and would add the ad to my list of Cinerama theatres – http://cineramahistory.com/ctcineramatheatres.htm
Thanks,
Roland
August 9 1974 NOW SHOWING AT THE TWIN DRIVE-In. “MAGNUM FORCE” which the ad had rated as PG.Which is a typo.It is rated “R”. and second feature is “MACKINTOSH MAN” . Funny,but this same double feature played at the HILLTOP DRIVE-In ,In North Augusta,S.C..
On the second screen is “JOHNNY TOUGH” rated G and “DOBERMAN GANG” rated G.