April 17th, 1953 Is The Actual Opening Date With An Unknown Double Feature And Was First Operated By Samuel Mellits Who Previously Worked At The Dentonia Decades Previously.
The Starlite Drive-In Opened Its Gates On June 5th, 1955 With “Jubilee Trail” (Republic Pictures Film). The Grand Opening Ad’s Demonstrates That The Starlite Drive-In Has The Largest Screen In The Northwest.
The Earliest Information I Can Find Is A 1953 Showing. Unfortunately, This Theater Had Some Bad News And Good News.
The Bad News Is That A Few Years Later, This Theater Started To Mainly Run More Adult-Audience Films Throughout The Late 1950’s And Into The Half Of The 1960’s (As Late As 1964 I Can Find).
The Good News Is That Only ONE TIME, The Horne Drive-In Showed Only A Few Days Of Friendly-Fare By Running The 1956 Smash Film “The Ten Commandments” On April 11th And 12th, 1961 Before Switching Back To More Adult Fare.
The Arnett Theatre Opened Sometime In The Mid-1900’s. The Earliest Information I Can Find About The Arnett Theatre In Back When The Arnett Theatre Did A 4-Night Engagement In Mid-Late October 1909.
The Vanguard Drive-In However Had A Bit Of A Dangerous Life Than The Normal Happy Life For The Merritt Island Drive-In. The Vanguard Drive-In Opened On December 3rd, 1959 With Ernest Borgnine In “The Rabbit Trap” And Bob Hope In “Alias Jesse James” (Both United Artists Films).
Various Robberies Were Reported At The Vanguard Drive-In Throughout The Years, And The Theater Continued To Show A Mix Of First-Run And Variety Films Only For A Few Years Until Parts Of The Mid-1960’s Came Along When They Were Somehow Stuck With Drive-In Films, B-Films, Some X-Films, And Horrors. And Then Until The 1970’s Roll Along, In Which Later On The Vanguard Was Mainly Stuck With R-Rated Films Being Close To X (Even Some X Films Did Show At The Vanguard, But One Time Including Only 5% Of Family-Fare When The Vanguard Did Show The Planet Of The Apes Marathon Runnings In January Of 1972. I Do Think That The Theater Wanted To Be Nice Only For Once Until They Continue Show Random R And A Bit Of X Films Again) Throughout The End Of Its Life Until Closure A Year Later In 1973. It Was Left Abandoned Until April 29th, 1987 And The Vanguard Is Demolished.
The Merritt Island Drive-In Opened Its Doors On June 5th, 1952 And I Cannot Find The Opening Attraction To This According To The Miami Herald. By Late Summer Of 1954, It Became The Cocoa Drive-In Only For A Bit More Than 5 Years Before Changing The Name Back To The Merritt Island Drive-In For The Rest Of The Theater’s Life, And Was Also Used For Church Serves As Well. It Is Either Closed In Either Late 1967 Or Early 1968.
The Actual Opening Date To The Royal Theatre Is On April 10th, 1920 With William S. Hart In “Square Deal Sanderson”, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle In “Good Night, Nurse” And A Mutt And Jeff Short With 6 Pieces Of Orchestra.
The Hills Drive-In Is Known To be A Popular Drive-In In Spearfish Showing First-Run Films, And Previously Was Used To Serve Church Services Throughout The 1960’s And The Half Of The 1970’s. It Is Still In Operation Since 1984.
The Red Raider Drive-In According To The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Opened In June 1952. During Its Earlier Years, The Red Raider Is Known For The Area’s Special Train. It Became A Twin In December 1969 Or January 1970.
The Cinema I & II Opened Its Doors On March 4th, 1972 With Diamonds Are Forever On Screen 1 And The French Connection On Screen 2. It Was A Twin First-Run Theater Until The Middle Of May 1987, Where Renovations Were Constructed At Screen #2, And Divided To Make Way For A Triplex And Became A 3-Screener In June 1987. When The 7-Plex Located A Block Away Opened In The Early Summer Of 1995, The 3-Screener Location Closed, But Reopened For A Brief Time On June 27th, 1997 And Closed Afterwards. Nowadays The Building Was Still There And Was Placed On Sale For Office Space.
When This Theater Started Off As The COMMUNITY Theatre, It Opened Its Doors On January 15th, 1916. It Became Known As The CITY Theatre In December 1930, And The CREST Theatre On May 27th, 1948. In June 1954, The Crest Was Sold To The Rozanek Theatre Corporation, And The Crest Installed CinemaScope In December Of 1954. Unfortunately, The Theater Is Never Changed Back To The City Theatre. But On December 16th, 1965, The Theater Is Once Reopened And Was Lastly Known As The 4TH STREET Theatre (Or Simply 4th St. Theatre According To The Banner-Press). The 4th Street Theatre Ran A Mix Of First-Run Films And Family Content Until When The 4th Street Theatre Was Sold In April 1996 To Ben Juracck Of Albion, NE And The Theatre Is Closed Shortly Afterwards. It Is Demolished In April 1997 To Offer And Make Way For A Butler County Sheriff’s Department Office.
They Continued To Operate As A Movie House Until 1959 And Was Closed For 2 Years Until Reopening In April 1961. It is Still In Operation Since 1972 As A Special Events Theater.
As Of 1973, It Was Owned And Operated By Commonwealth Theatres, Who Also Operated The Sierra And Yucca (In Which Closed In 1974). It Is Still In Operation Since 1977.
The Actual Opening Date Is May 26th, 1949 With “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty”. It Is Owned And Operated By Culley B. Goss, Who Also Operated A Nearby Airport; W.W. And A.W. Hammond Who Both Also Worked At The Joy Theatre Nearby.
The LaFitte Drive-In Opened Its Gates On October 21st, 1952 After Being Constructed Since April Of That Year With A 500 Car Capacity. Originally The Theater Is Planned In April Of 1950. It Is Closed In 1982.
The Woodstock Town Hall Theatre Installed CinemaScope On June 23rd, 1954.
I Can’t Find The Opening Date To This Theater According To The Austin Daily Herald.
Yes This Is The Formerly The Northside Drive-In Opened On June 8th, 1948.
April 17th, 1953 Is The Actual Opening Date With An Unknown Double Feature And Was First Operated By Samuel Mellits Who Previously Worked At The Dentonia Decades Previously.
The Actual Opening Date Is June 19th, 1949.
The Starlite Drive-In Opened Its Gates On June 5th, 1955 With “Jubilee Trail” (Republic Pictures Film). The Grand Opening Ad’s Demonstrates That The Starlite Drive-In Has The Largest Screen In The Northwest.
The Earliest Information I Can Find Is A 1953 Showing. Unfortunately, This Theater Had Some Bad News And Good News.
The Bad News Is That A Few Years Later, This Theater Started To Mainly Run More Adult-Audience Films Throughout The Late 1950’s And Into The Half Of The 1960’s (As Late As 1964 I Can Find).
The Good News Is That Only ONE TIME, The Horne Drive-In Showed Only A Few Days Of Friendly-Fare By Running The 1956 Smash Film “The Ten Commandments” On April 11th And 12th, 1961 Before Switching Back To More Adult Fare.
UPDATE: I Found The Actual Opening Date To The Rex Theatre. The Rex Theatre Opened On April 18th, 1936 According To The Goodwater Enterprise.
The Arnett Theatre Opened Sometime In The Mid-1900’s. The Earliest Information I Can Find About The Arnett Theatre In Back When The Arnett Theatre Did A 4-Night Engagement In Mid-Late October 1909.
Actually MichaelKilgore, It Did Listed On The September 1949 And A Few 1950 Ones According To The Elizabethton Star.
Mr. Marnell First Operated The Bloomfield Theatre Since Its Grand Opening On November 20th, 1912.
The Vanguard Drive-In However Had A Bit Of A Dangerous Life Than The Normal Happy Life For The Merritt Island Drive-In. The Vanguard Drive-In Opened On December 3rd, 1959 With Ernest Borgnine In “The Rabbit Trap” And Bob Hope In “Alias Jesse James” (Both United Artists Films).
Various Robberies Were Reported At The Vanguard Drive-In Throughout The Years, And The Theater Continued To Show A Mix Of First-Run And Variety Films Only For A Few Years Until Parts Of The Mid-1960’s Came Along When They Were Somehow Stuck With Drive-In Films, B-Films, Some X-Films, And Horrors. And Then Until The 1970’s Roll Along, In Which Later On The Vanguard Was Mainly Stuck With R-Rated Films Being Close To X (Even Some X Films Did Show At The Vanguard, But One Time Including Only 5% Of Family-Fare When The Vanguard Did Show The Planet Of The Apes Marathon Runnings In January Of 1972. I Do Think That The Theater Wanted To Be Nice Only For Once Until They Continue Show Random R And A Bit Of X Films Again) Throughout The End Of Its Life Until Closure A Year Later In 1973. It Was Left Abandoned Until April 29th, 1987 And The Vanguard Is Demolished.
The Merritt Island Drive-In Opened Its Doors On June 5th, 1952 And I Cannot Find The Opening Attraction To This According To The Miami Herald. By Late Summer Of 1954, It Became The Cocoa Drive-In Only For A Bit More Than 5 Years Before Changing The Name Back To The Merritt Island Drive-In For The Rest Of The Theater’s Life, And Was Also Used For Church Serves As Well. It Is Either Closed In Either Late 1967 Or Early 1968.
The Actual Opening Date To The Royal Theatre Is On April 10th, 1920 With William S. Hart In “Square Deal Sanderson”, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle In “Good Night, Nurse” And A Mutt And Jeff Short With 6 Pieces Of Orchestra.
The Hills Drive-In Is Known To be A Popular Drive-In In Spearfish Showing First-Run Films, And Previously Was Used To Serve Church Services Throughout The 1960’s And The Half Of The 1970’s. It Is Still In Operation Since 1984.
The Red Raider Drive-In According To The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Opened In June 1952. During Its Earlier Years, The Red Raider Is Known For The Area’s Special Train. It Became A Twin In December 1969 Or January 1970.
The West 30 Drive-In Opened On July 10th, 1963.
The Actual Opening Date Is June 5th, 1953.
The Cinema I & II Opened Its Doors On March 4th, 1972 With Diamonds Are Forever On Screen 1 And The French Connection On Screen 2. It Was A Twin First-Run Theater Until The Middle Of May 1987, Where Renovations Were Constructed At Screen #2, And Divided To Make Way For A Triplex And Became A 3-Screener In June 1987. When The 7-Plex Located A Block Away Opened In The Early Summer Of 1995, The 3-Screener Location Closed, But Reopened For A Brief Time On June 27th, 1997 And Closed Afterwards. Nowadays The Building Was Still There And Was Placed On Sale For Office Space.
Frank Forrest First Operated The Forrest Picture Theatre As Early As The Middle Of 1907.
When This Theater Started Off As The COMMUNITY Theatre, It Opened Its Doors On January 15th, 1916. It Became Known As The CITY Theatre In December 1930, And The CREST Theatre On May 27th, 1948. In June 1954, The Crest Was Sold To The Rozanek Theatre Corporation, And The Crest Installed CinemaScope In December Of 1954. Unfortunately, The Theater Is Never Changed Back To The City Theatre. But On December 16th, 1965, The Theater Is Once Reopened And Was Lastly Known As The 4TH STREET Theatre (Or Simply 4th St. Theatre According To The Banner-Press). The 4th Street Theatre Ran A Mix Of First-Run Films And Family Content Until When The 4th Street Theatre Was Sold In April 1996 To Ben Juracck Of Albion, NE And The Theatre Is Closed Shortly Afterwards. It Is Demolished In April 1997 To Offer And Make Way For A Butler County Sheriff’s Department Office.
They Continued To Operate As A Movie House Until 1959 And Was Closed For 2 Years Until Reopening In April 1961. It is Still In Operation Since 1972 As A Special Events Theater.
As Of 1973, It Was Owned And Operated By Commonwealth Theatres, Who Also Operated The Sierra And Yucca (In Which Closed In 1974). It Is Still In Operation Since 1977.
The Actual Opening Date Is May 26th, 1949 With “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty”. It Is Owned And Operated By Culley B. Goss, Who Also Operated A Nearby Airport; W.W. And A.W. Hammond Who Both Also Worked At The Joy Theatre Nearby.
The LaFitte Drive-In Opened Its Gates On October 21st, 1952 After Being Constructed Since April Of That Year With A 500 Car Capacity. Originally The Theater Is Planned In April Of 1950. It Is Closed In 1982.