Comments about Circus Drive-In in Hammonton, NJ

Mike Rogers on October 12, 2010 at 7:21 pm

Love to have that 1971 poster.

kencmcintyre on January 23, 2010 at 11:21 am

Here is a 1957 aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/yc3j4bc

SiliconSam on September 28, 2009 at 2:38 pm

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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Crazy Bob Madara on September 28, 2009 at 2:25 pm

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.

lostmemory on November 13, 2008 at 1:22 pm

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.”

kencmcintyre on November 13, 2008 at 1:09 pm

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

lostmemory on July 12, 2008 at 3:18 pm

This is a larger version of the poster from Ebay. 2007 photos and a 1960s ad can be seen here.

teecee on July 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm

1971 poster:

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nursebrittany on December 27, 2005 at 1:08 pm

went back to this one about 3 years ago, very overgrown, i think the screen was up, or at least the poles to it.

teecee on June 28, 2005 at 2:31 am

recent photo:
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teecee on March 17, 2005 at 6:10 am

Drive-ins.com listing:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/njtcirc

RickB on January 12, 2005 at 6:38 am

Last time I was down that way the screen of this theater was still up but the site looked very overgrown—no marquee, not even an obvious entrance road (not a paved one, anyway). It would take a lot of work to bring this one back.

Mikeoaklandpark on January 11, 2005 at 1:17 pm

There was rumors that they wanted to reopen this theater. They reopened another one in Vineland NJ after 23 years.

Circus Drive-In

Route 30, Hammonton, NJ 08037

Route 30,
Hammonton, NJ 08037