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davidcoppock commented about Midway Drive-In on Oct 4, 2018 at 2:53 am

Opened in February 1947. Closed on 6th September 1980 with “Thats Entertainment”.

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davidcoppock commented about Midway Drive-In on Oct 4, 2018 at 2:08 am

Opened in 1947 with “Body and soul”. Swap meet started on site in 1980. Drive-in closed in 1980. Site is now Midway Towne Center.

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davidcoppock commented about Frontier Drive-In on Oct 4, 2018 at 1:37 am

Opened on 4/10/1957 with “War drums”, and “Revolt at Fort Laramie” closed in 1985. Site is now Point Loma Plaza Shopping Center.

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davidcoppock commented about Campus Drive-In on Oct 4, 2018 at 1:31 am

Opened on 18/8/1948 with “Give my regards to Broadway”, and “The Kansan”.

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davidcoppock commented about Lowell Drive-In on Oct 4, 2018 at 12:50 am

Opened with “Whispering Smith”, and “16 Fathoms deep”.

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davidcoppock commented about Lake Drive-In on Oct 3, 2018 at 6:10 pm

Opened 18/3/1952 with “The Belle of New York”.

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davidcoppock commented about Swap Shop Drive-In on Oct 3, 2018 at 7:33 am

Opened with “Irma La Douce” and “The Manchurian Candidate”.

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davidcoppock commented about Olympic Drive-In on Oct 3, 2018 at 6:27 am

Original location is now Westside Pavilion Mall. Second location is now Martin GMC-Cadillic dealership and KTTV-TV FOX Channel 11.

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davidcoppock commented about Twilight Drive-In on Oct 3, 2018 at 4:49 am

Also known as Shepparton Drive-in.

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davidcoppock commented about Great Lakes Theatre on Oct 3, 2018 at 2:23 am

Opened with “Pathe news”, 3 acts of vadeville, and a movie, “the Life of Riley”.

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davidcoppock commented about Kam Drive-In on Oct 3, 2018 at 1:29 am

Site is now Pearlridge Shopping Center.

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davidcoppock commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Oct 2, 2018 at 10:30 pm

Theres a scene in the movie “Blazing saddles” showing Mel Brooks going into the theatre, which is screening a premiere of “Blazing saddles”.

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davidcoppock commented about San Val Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 10:20 pm

Opened with “Who killed Gale Foster?”. Scene filmed here for the movie “White Heat”.

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davidcoppock commented about Pickwick Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 10:11 pm

Opened with “The Green promise”. Site is now Rancho Marketplace Shopping Center.

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davidcoppock commented about Cinema 360 Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:58 pm

Address is south east corner of Old Seaward Highway and Huffman Road. Site is now Huffman Square Shopping Center.

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davidcoppock commented about Lakewood Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:04 pm

Site is now Long Beach Town Square.

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davidcoppock commented about Los Altos Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:02 pm

Closed in 1996. Site is now a K-mart.

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davidcoppock commented about Los Altos Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 8:59 pm

Opened with “Son of Sinbad” and “Rage at dawn”.

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davidcoppock commented about Lakewood Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 8:16 pm

Opened on 26/8/1948 with “latest news”, “colour cartoons(number and names not mentioned?), "The Green grass of Wyoming”, and Raw deal".

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davidcoppock commented about Victory Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:30 am

Tnere was an appeal to save preserve the mural on tne back of the screen, but it didn’t work.

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davidcoppock commented about Tri-City Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:25 am

Opened with “Trade winds”, and “The Girl said no”. Demolished(date unknown?). Now an empty field. Address is Highway 99, at Richardson Street.

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davidcoppock commented about Victory Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:20 am

Site is now Savon drug store.

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davidcoppock commented about Skyline Matraville Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:11 am

Opened as Matraville Star Drive-in.

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davidcoppock commented about Warriewood Skyline Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:05 am

The drive-in site was used for the filming of the Movie “Fatal Bond”.

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davidcoppock commented about Skyline Matraville Drive-In on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:03 am

Opened in August 1958, and closed on 8/8/1984 with “The Exterminator”. The drive-in site was used in 1985 for filming the movie “Dead end Drive-in”. The drive-in was demolished shortly after filming finished.