Ocala Drive-In
4850 S. Pine Avenue,
Ocala,
FL
34480
4850 S. Pine Avenue,
Ocala,
FL
34480
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I don’t know what you mean by “true cinemascope” or “flat presentations” but I do know that the “screen” —if you can call it that— is a huge white concrete block wall. Sometimes the picture is too wide, and the left and right sides of the picture falls off and is projected onto the bushes. :) Does this help?
Can anybody who lives in Ocala tell me if this theater has true cinemascope and flat presentations. All the theaters in Tampa and Ft Lauderdale don’t. It really sucks. Movies in cinemascope hang of the end of the screen. The orignal owner Flloyd thetaers wanted the screen full at all times. Rather than have the black bars for films in flat they would rather have the scope films hang off.
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/fltocal
I’ve lived in Ocala at various times for over 15 years, and I love this Theater! It brings back so many memories as a child. :) My dad would take me and my sister every Saturday. Most of the time, we saw only the matinee because the late show was for adults. But every once-in-a-while he would let us stay for the late picture. :) That was always a treat! The food back then was pretty good too! I’d always get a hotdog. The theater went into a slump for awhile, and it changed hands a few times. I’d say that the new owners are doing a pretty good job right now and are playing all the current movies. :) I give them two thumbs up! ;)
… so what were those steamed-up windows all about???
posted the same day as the tea room theater and noone even cared /lol