Here is a May 1951 ad from the Southeast Economist. The address doesn’t match either theater mentioned so far. Maybe there were three Double Drive-Ins in Chicago. http://tinyurl.com/qkl88t
A lot of small theaters have 99 seats because 100 or more triggers some kind of payment to the actors' union. These 99 seat places are called “equity waiver” theaters.
Here is a 1986 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/oh7su6
Here is an interior photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/q4eotf
Here are photos from 1970, 1980 and 1986:
http://tinyurl.com/pj86sq
http://tinyurl.com/pa2fws
http://tinyurl.com/pzzdkz
http://tinyurl.com/qusq6s
Here is the Rafael in 1980 and 1986:
http://tinyurl.com/p3rsn6
http://tinyurl.com/our32q
http://tinyurl.com/pzne3t
http://tinyurl.com/pmfebp
This is a 1982 photo. I think the photo has been reversed.
http://tinyurl.com/pu263e
Here are some 1983 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/oncl7p
http://tinyurl.com/qtlvlg
Here is a May 1951 ad from the Southeast Economist. The address doesn’t match either theater mentioned so far. Maybe there were three Double Drive-Ins in Chicago.
http://tinyurl.com/qkl88t
Here is an October 1960 ad from the Pasadena Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/rc4bh9
Here is the interior of the Selwyn, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/phpfuw
Here is a photo circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/pan5ls
Here is a June 1960 ad from the Pasadena Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/qqfpxk
Here are some 1982 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/ptad8r
http://tinyurl.com/r3sy9c
http://tinyurl.com/o29xnm
http://tinyurl.com/qn8ex9
http://tinyurl.com/r4kzqh
This Gary Graver photo shows some of the theater detail:
http://tinyurl.com/rxycbd
Here is an undated photo by Gary Graver:
http://tinyurl.com/ou2p4b
Here is a December 1959 ad from the Long Beach Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/quwyfo
Here is a December 1959 ad from the Long Beach Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/r5kkdb
Here is a December 1959 ad from the Long Beach Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/ps42fm
This is a nice ten minute film about the history of theaters in Camden, including this one.
http://tinyurl.com/qenwkd
You can see the Show Bar in the 1969 photo.
Here is a 1926 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068292.jpg
Here are photos from 1983 and 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/pgy976
http://tinyurl.com/oj989r
http://tinyurl.com/pos4uh
Here are photos from 1983 and 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/rdzpkp
http://tinyurl.com/oj5rf6
http://tinyurl.com/q8r7n5
http://tinyurl.com/r9ov6v
Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/r9hczd
I saw that photo before, and I was wondering if maybe this was a Spanish-language house in its last go round. Easy enough to change Temple to Tempo.
A lot of small theaters have 99 seats because 100 or more triggers some kind of payment to the actors' union. These 99 seat places are called “equity waiver” theaters.