Northeast Expressway Drive-In
3200 Atlanta Silverbacks Way,
Chamblee,
GA
30340
3200 Atlanta Silverbacks Way,
Chamblee,
GA
30340
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I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND SAW THE EXPRESSWAY DRIVE IN. IT HAD ALREADY BEEN CLOSED BUT I COULD NOT RESIST A VISIT SINCE THE OLD CONCESSIONSTAND AND BOOTH WERE STILL STANDING I KNOW I SPENT AN HOUR OR SO JUST GOING INSIDE THE BUILDINGS AND LOOKING FOR ANYTHING TO SAVE. I DID FIND A BOOK OF MOVIEPASSES. YOUCAN TELL IT HAD BEEN A GEORGIA THEATRE BECAUSE THEY TOOK AN AX TO THE BOOTH. JUST WHAT THEY DID 2 HOURS DOWN THE ROAD AT THE HILLTOP DRIVE IN IN AUGUSTA. ANOTHER CRAZY DISTRICT MANAGER I SWEAR GEORGIA THEATRES GROWS THEM IN KUDZO.CAN
One of THE GREATEST Drive In movie going experience I ever had was at the Northeast Expressway Drive-In Theater. It sat off the main freeway and you could always see it driving by. On the other side of the BIG screen was a wonderful marque that was brightly neon lit. One night my mother fell asleep. I was 15 years old with a learners permit. I took her keys and drove myself alone to this Drive In in her car without her knowing it. I had only had a couple of driving lessons and always with her accompanying me in the car. The feeling of freedom I had driving myself to that Drive In I will never forget. The movie was a double bill: THE HAPPY HOOKER and FLESH GORDON. It was a MAGICAL evening. I sat in the car quite satisfied that I had driven myself for the first time all by myself to a Drive In Movie theater. It was an incredible feeling and I’ll never forget it. Tragedy when they tore it down to build that Spaghetti Junction.
Among the movies I saw there are:
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THE BOY WHO CRIED WEREWOLF
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
TOM SAWYER
THE HAPPY HOOKER
FLESH GORDON
SUPERCHICK
REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS
POINT OF TERROR
THE EXORCIST
CARRIE
LOVE AND DEATH
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX
DELINQUENT SCHOOLGIRLS
THE POM POM GIRLS
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit
Link to the Drive In ladder ad in the Atlanta paper on August 5, 1964. The blogger has also written up some of his memories of working at these places. Worth a look if you are interested in the drive in culture from 1970 – 1990.
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