Circus Drive-In
3320 S. Whitehorse Pike,
Hammonton,
NJ
08037
3320 S. Whitehorse Pike,
Hammonton,
NJ
08037
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The Circus Drive-In opened in 1953 showing the movie “The Robe” with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons. The car capacity is listed at 1,000. This drive-in closed in 1979.
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went back to this one about 3 years ago, very overgrown, i think the screen was up, or at least the poles to it.
1971 poster:
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This is a larger version of the poster from Ebay. 2007 photos and a 1960s ad can be seen here.
This quickly deteriorating site mentions a possible re-opening, but that was five years ago. I remember this drive-in on the White Horse Pike from trips to Philly. I think the screen had a clown on the back, or maybe that was the marquee. It’s been a long time.
http://tinyurl.com/5enawv
It’s been closed for almost 30 years. What are they going to restore? This story from 2004 mentions the Circus Drive-In. “The Circus Drive-In in Hammonton is just a bunch of trees.”
The screen was still there the last time I rode by. It had a for sale sign. It could be made back into a drive-in a lot easier than a new build. I used to do some projection there. They had Brenkert BX-100’s, & Strong Excellite lamphouses. The main projectionist was Tony Pinto from Hammanton. Mrs. Caruso was the manager. The Brenkerts went to the Beach Twin on Long Beach Island. The lanphouses were rusting on the booth floor when I visited the ruins in 1984.
Nothing there now but a screen, & a bunch of trees! THE FRANKS built this drive-in, I believe. It was almost a carbon copy of the Atlantic & Absecon.
I used to have a pic of the mammonth Circus Clown neon marquee. It said Elliot Gould Getting Straight.
Looks like the screen is still up, but yeah, looks like a big tree lot now. Way South of town on 30.
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Here is a 1957 aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/yc3j4bc
Love to have that 1971 poster.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 3300 South White Horse Pike.