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  • <p>May 17th, 1950 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>ad: December 20,1972</p>
  • <p>Anchor Grand Opening July 23, 1952</p>
  • <p>July 23rd, 1952</p>
  • <p>By David Lee Guss. For prints and more info, see <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/film-homage-boris-karloff-targets-1968-rodeo-drive-in-marquee-tucson-arizona-1983-2008-david-lee-guss.html">here</a>.</p>
  • <p>October 9th, 1987 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>Courtesy Nostalgic Drive In Theater on Facebook</p>
  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive-In Theaters on Facebook</p>
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  • <p>“The Living Desert” opened the 22d Street Drive-In advertised here as the largest CinemaScope screen in the world on May 30, 1954. It’s way over capacity at the opening as the launch is a success.</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 6/10/74.</p>
  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive-in Theater Newspaper Ads on Facebook.</p>
  • <p>On April 12, 1963, the Biltmore Motor Vu became the Biltmor Miracle Mile Drive-In which would be shortened to the Miracle Mile Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>E.B. Peagram launched the $125,000 drive-in on March 18, 1949. Architected by the drive-in specialists, the Utah firm of Cartright & Wilson, the theater was built behind the Biltmore Hotel. The Biltmore was Pegram’s 21st drive-in but first in the southwest so he opted for what he termed the first drive-in with Spanish motif. The 500-car drive-in opened with “Albuquerque” and “Easy Come, Easy Go.”</p>
  • <p>July 4th, 1975 grand opening ad as Coronado</p>
  • <p>It’s April 14, 1971 and the Jerry Lewis Cinema is launching with “The Last Valley.”</p>
  • <p>November 12, 1914 grand opening ad for the Delft Theatre</p>
  • <p>Opening night for the Jerry Lewis Cinema in the Delta Plaza was January 10, 1973 playing “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (as at left). But franchisee Donald Quigley apparently didn’t make it through two full months as ads say “new management” beginning March 5, 1973 (see “Cabaret” ad #3 at top). Then the theater closed in April of 1973 and re-opened late that month. The theater closes again soon thereafter. On September 12, 1973 the theater comes back as the re-branded Plaza Theatre (Delta Plaza) showing “The Sound of Music.” The single-screen Plaza Theatre runs almost four years when it is showing “The Deep” on Sept. 1, 1977. The ominous Sept. 2, 1977 tells the tale: “Plaza Theatre closed.”</p>
  • <p>The Hilltop launched May 1-2, 1953 with “The Savage” and called May 3, 1953 its Grand Opening with “Call Me Madam.”</p>
  • <p>Here’s that story from the Escanaba Daily Press, June 10, 1953. I have no copyright interest in this clipping, which I have uploaded for the “fair use” scholarly historic purpose of documenting the opening of the old US-2. Also, it opened on a Tuesday. What’s up with that?</p>