A terrific theater. Saw a handful of movies there as a kid when it was part of the KB chain. The last movie I saw there before it became the Cinema ‘N Drafthouse was a truly abominable print of “2001: A Space Odyssey” in the autumn of 1981.
This was pretty much the only big single-screen for miles in the 70’s. Got a lot of good mileage out of the Pike; endlessly stood in line in freezing weather there to see “Superman” in 1978; saw many other titles there as well — “Logan’s Run,” “Capricorn One,” “Star Wars” and finally “All of Me” in 1984. Had no idea “Car Wash” premiered there; that’s cool. (And thanks for the info, sconnell1.)
I went my whole boyhood never going to the Rockville Drive-In. When I was seventeen, I figured it could have good date potential. Alas, the week I got my driver’s license in the summer of 1981, it closed forever.
Saw over a dozen flicks at the Parkway throughout my childhood, starting with “Paint Your Wagon” in 1970 and finishing with “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” in 1985. When it shifted to bargain movies in the early eighties, I remember the projection bulb was so wretchedly dim it could really hurt the movie. I kind of wish I could go back there tomorrow and see “The Towering Inferno” again.
A terrific theater. Saw a handful of movies there as a kid when it was part of the KB chain. The last movie I saw there before it became the Cinema ‘N Drafthouse was a truly abominable print of “2001: A Space Odyssey” in the autumn of 1981.
This was pretty much the only big single-screen for miles in the 70’s. Got a lot of good mileage out of the Pike; endlessly stood in line in freezing weather there to see “Superman” in 1978; saw many other titles there as well — “Logan’s Run,” “Capricorn One,” “Star Wars” and finally “All of Me” in 1984. Had no idea “Car Wash” premiered there; that’s cool. (And thanks for the info, sconnell1.)
I went my whole boyhood never going to the Rockville Drive-In. When I was seventeen, I figured it could have good date potential. Alas, the week I got my driver’s license in the summer of 1981, it closed forever.
Saw over a dozen flicks at the Parkway throughout my childhood, starting with “Paint Your Wagon” in 1970 and finishing with “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” in 1985. When it shifted to bargain movies in the early eighties, I remember the projection bulb was so wretchedly dim it could really hurt the movie. I kind of wish I could go back there tomorrow and see “The Towering Inferno” again.