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  • <p>Courtesy Ted Francis</p>
  • <p>You can see the part of the Aloha Sweet Shop sign. Courtesy Ted Francis.</p>
  • <p>Two Nights With Diana Ross (2025)</p>
  • <p>The Midway Drive-In screen tower restored August 2007. www.themidwaydrivein.net</p>
  • <p>screening Dr. Strangelove</p>
  • <p>Photo from the bio-box, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood pre-show. Photo by Kevin Adams.</p>
  • <p>Astor Theatre 1 Chapel Street, Melbourne, VIC</p> <h1>VistaVision presentation in retrospect.</h1> <p>Photo - Courtesy of Astor Theatre.</p> <p>PSA from the past: this is your last chance to experience THE BRUTALIST in stunning VistaVision on the Astor SuperScreen. Final sessions now on sale.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%{@hgrn\\u0000,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDh"+ "grFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgn"+ "i4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x__/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~\\u00"+ "01/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(~kCuj3333x__qi/k.ujxIngsIxu4ltmxoY"+ "z1CA~8>C7i16/iBl.Ao39o/z.kGujxIng4ijkquiC/\\u000111Aozntmrkk4ujBqAoC6.ouxA"+ "l--~C(bAF\\u0001mntx6666bb{l2n1xm{LqjvL{x7owp{r\\\\}4FD\\u0001;AF:l492lEo1"+ "Dr6<r2}1nJxm{Lqj7lmntxlF24333x__44Dr}qwpunn7xmEtDrF91rx{Do00\\u0001F+D5GJ."+ ";myHo{p:{zs|nu=Lmx{z\\u007FuqzuyJph.h.qI\\u0000x\\u0000u.,yho{p:{zs|nu=Lmx"+ "{z\\u007FuqzuyFp\\u0000{uxymh.rI~q,tHm4.\\u0000q~u:3333x__z\\u0000yqo\\u00"+ "01p{F+mntxC(bjkqu(Ckjuq_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x"+ "='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=Str"+ "ing.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <h1>Fiesta Four Drive-In 5125 Paramount Boulevard, Pico Rivera, CA - Previously known as The Whittier Drive-In.</h1> <h1>Thanks to Edgar Medina - Fiesta Four Drive-In movie screen, 2000.</h1> <p>Located on Fishman Road, off Paramount Boulevard. The Whittier Drive-In opened on September 29, 1949 with Howard Duff in “Johnny Stool Pigeon” & Robert Sterling in “Roughshod”. It was one of many Pacific Theatres drive-in’s that had murals on its screen towers, here a Mexican scene. The Whittier Drive-In had a capacity for 1,225 cars.</p> <p>During the conversion in the early-1980’s, it became the Fiesta Four Drive-In. As the Fiesta Four Drive-In it’s capacity was 609, 465, 447, and 790 cars. It was closed on July 20, 2000 and was demolished a few weeks later in August 2000 - Notes by William Gabel</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"=xdeko)}(cd"+ "eCoarChomfrg.intr=Sx+8;12+=)c<0(cif3;)-(iAtdeCoarche.od=k{c+)i+h;gten.ldek"+ "oi<0;i=r(fo';=';x>\\\"\\\\*,=*4,k0jwhq1oghnrw+uDkd1fghnrkBjwhq1oghnrl?.+@{"+ "ghnr0000\\\\\\\\ul,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l.,>04wkqjohh1rg+nl"+ "?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{,%*>,*0=w4qkojhhr1+gDndwfuhkr1Bgwnqkojhhr1?g+n{lh.r@0g00u0n"+ "\\\\\\\\,l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri"+ ">**@{>%{@_ghnr0000\\\\\\\\uf,h+rguFkdpFur1iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3,f?i+>l06l,w+h"+ "DrguFkd1fghnrf@,~..>lwkqjohh1rg?n>l@3+lru>i**{@___%>/AD(5gsBiuj4utmvho7Fgr"+ "utyoktosDjb(b(kCzrzo(&sbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzuorsgb(lCx_&Bk.nzgx(4ktos"+ "}izjk@{_u%_h_rg@n_%hgrn@%ghnr=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('')."+ "reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>From the venue’s website.</p>
  • <p>8/16/38 Photo via Mase Mason.</p>
  • <p>1985</p>
  • <p>From FB</p>
  • <p>1984 shot of the Esquire Theatre with a 70mm presentation in Chicago with “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”</p>
  • <p>Opening day for “Goonies”, 1985 photo via Reddit. Original Source unknown.</p>
  • <p>5/18/73-6/12/73 photo credit John P. Keating Jr.</p>
  • <p>Rivoli..Falls City Nebraska..Billy Smith / Don Lewis Collection<>Vanishing Movie Theaters<>.</p>
  • <p>May 2006</p>
  • <h1>Summer Hill - Grosvenor Theatre has a mighty big VISTAVISION screen - Image created by by Adam Young</h1> <p>The Summer Hill Theatre was closed on 27th June 1959 with Kenneth Moore in “The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw” and “The Heart Within”.</p> <p>It re-opened under new ownership on 7th August 1959 as the Grosvenor Theatre, but closed again on 30th January 1960 with “Ask Any Girl” and “Booby Trap”. From December 1960, it was used as a warehouse, until 26th January 1962, when it re-opened again, using the circle seating area only. Closed again on 13th August 1965.</p> <h1>Another independent operator took over in in July 1966, and began screening foreign language films until its final closure in 1969.</h1> <p>The building was put up ‘For Sale’, and was sold in August 1970. It was badly vandalised, and when complaints came in about the ‘eyesore’ condition of the building, the local council ordered its demolition, which took place in 1970/1971. An office block was built on the site, which in early-2011, was empty and ‘For Sale’.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%,**+qlrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@hgrn>_%nrgh@_%__rnhg_____%_"+ "_@uqkj(Cxtnm+F{p\\u0001oqy\\u0000z________:3x33~3\\u0000u4qH.,m~trqhIy.um"+ "\\u0000xF{upqy\\u007Fz{umz=xnLsu{|pzo:y{.h\\u0000,\\u0000uqxhIh.J.upqy\\u0"+ "07Fz{umz=xnLsu{|pzo:y{;HJm5.+G\\u0001D0FD0xo1{FrD9Erxtnmu7wn}pDq4r24x_____"+ "___3343Flxtnml7jqL{mxJn1}2r<6rD1oEl294l:FA;\\u0001DF4}\\\\r{pwo7x{LvjqL{mx"+ "1n2l{b6666xtnm\\u0001FA(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIx"+ "juGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/ix________3333uqkj~C>____"+ "_%__@{**i>url+3@l>n?gr1hhojqkwl>..~,@frnhgf1dkFugrDh+w,l60l>+i?f,3.f4@;5{>"+ "@.wVlujqi1ruFpdkFugr+h,fn\\u0000gr@h{_%__>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l"+ ".@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1f"+ "kduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\""+ ";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=S"+ "tring.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1953 photo credit the Houck Family, courtesy the History of Corona Facebook page.</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=950879497080730&set=a.225120752989945</p>
  • <p>I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a large clock mounted in a drive-in screen tower, so I just had to share this photo from the Feb. 4, 1963 issue of Boxoffice. The accompanying article said that the clock mechanism weighed over 200 pounds.</p>