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  • <p>An ad from the opening year</p>
  • <p>This drive-in’s specialty is the &frac12; pound ‘Bulldog’ hot dog.</p>
  • <p>Radio Theatre 205 Marine Terrace, Geraldton, WA</p> <p>Geraldton Guardian and Express, 10 April 1937)</p> <p>Building the Radio Theatre #</p> <p>Radio Pictures, in the old King’s Theatre, prospered sufficiently for Alfred Wheat to decide it was time for new premises. He persuaded the trustees of the T.G.Kitching Estate (which owned the land on which both the old and new theatres stood) to include a cinema in a major development on the north-east corner of the intersection of Fitzgerald St and Marine Terrace:</p> <p>The new block of buildings with its two storied frontage, finished in plaster, presents an attractive appearance. It comprises the theatre, a service station, motor show rooms, and two shops, whilst on the upper storey there are four modern flats – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\document.write\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\f\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@"+ "ai1pbng.ood\\\\c\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "i\\\\lt=t\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\m>niiensl"+ "o@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">\\\\);\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\x;'=;"+ "'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+"+ "xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eoked"+ "s.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=ko"+ "de.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.lengt"+ "h-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Photographed in 1950 as the Embassy Theatre (courtesy Herald & Weekly Times)</p>
  • <p>2019 Aerial photo.</p>
  • <p>Part of Louis P. Josserand’s 1933 patent filing, reprinted in the 1992 book “Drive-In Theaters” by Kerry Segrave.</p>
  • <p>It’s grand opening day for El Charro Drive-In launching November 4, 1949 with John Wayne’s “The Sea Spoilers” on its 40x55 foot screen.</p>
  • <p>The Renninger Market adds a drive-in theatre launching May 15, 1948 with this ad. The three-day-a-week ozoner did nor make its to its 10th birthday though the market continued into the 21st Century.</p>
  • <p>Event Cinemas Burwood 100 Burwood Road, Burwood, NSW</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\")\\\\\\\\=;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\a<\\\\o>./nmpcid@olgnbi1namods\\\\ei\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\li\\\\ e\\\\tt\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\o.\\\\nmpcid@olgnbi1namodsoelia:\\\\ti\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\eh\\\\af\\\\r \\\\\\\\<\\\\\\\\(\\\\"+ "\\\\tr\\\".enimwctde;u\\\\o\\\\\\\"k\\\\do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n"+ "'';)\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode."+ "charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'')\\\";x;'=;'o"+ "f(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi"+ "(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.lengt"+ "h-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.c"+ "harAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>November 22nd, 1968</p>
  • <p>8-11-50</p>
  • <p>Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Sanguinet launched the predecessor to the Yucca with Alamogordo’s first drive-in, the Starlite Outdoor Theatre on December 9, 1949. The Starlite was located on Highway 70 two miles southwest of the city. In 1952, Sanguinet would build the Yucca north of the city.</p>
  • <p>Taken from the film ‘Carry on Camping’</p>
  • <p>September 16th, 1969</p>
  • <p>August 21, 1952.</p>
  • <p>The last ad found, May 27, 1954.</p>
  • <p>January 14th, 1970</p>
  • <p>Reboot as the Mooney Twin in 1984</p>
  • <p>Starlite D-I grand opening Sept. 19, 1947.</p>
  • <p>This reader board is located in the old box office at the entrance.</p>
  • <p>Blue Fox Drive In entrance</p>
  • <p>June 12, 1981</p>
  • <p>It’s May 26, 1950 and time for the Merrimack Drive-In to launch and they’ll show “Oh You Beautiful Doll” and “The Big Sombrero”.</p>
  • <p>1953 photo © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission.</p>
  • <p>Reverse of coin advertising the simultaneous grand opening of the Briggsmore Theatre</p>
  • <p>Article page &frac12;</p> <p>From The April 12th, 1968 issue of Boxoffice Magazine</p>