Photos favorited by davidcoppock

  • <p>April 3, 1965 Spook-a-thon.</p>
  • <p>December 24th, 1961</p>
  • <p>August 20th, 1969</p>
  • <p>February 23rd, 1990</p>
  • <p>June 16th, 1978</p>
  • <p>I forgot I had these— from the summer of 1977!</p>
  • <p>From the greatest, movie going summer of all time …</p>
  • <p>October 11th, 1961 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>November 2nd, 1976 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>May 19th, 1950 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>March 13th, 1970 grand opening as a Pussycat theatre</p>
  • <p>November 6, 1959.</p>
  • <p>August 22, 1958. Film by Robert Bresson.</p>
  • <p>December 25, 1959 Christmas present.</p>
  • <p>Reportedly opened in September of 1953 was this daylight drive-in concept on Trafalgar Road in Oakville by National Theatre Services Circuit. That’s actually the projection room at the far left of the pictures which had a 60' throw to the icipolarized daylight screen that was 44' wide. It allowed earlier starting times. Odeon’s Regional Theatres Circuit purchased the drive-in in 1956 and the more traditional 5 Drive-In would supplant the failed “daylight drive-in.”</p>
  • <p>Is this the predecessor of The 5? Depending on whether you follow the roads or fly like a crow, “2 miles east of the Ford plant” is in Lake Ontario or on the coast, and not between any highways. On the other hand, The 5 sits 1.5-2 miles <em>west</em> of the plant, between those two highways.</p> <p>I have no interest in the copyright, if any, in this newspaper clipping. Lord only knows what the Canadian rules are. I posted it here purely for non-commercial, scholarly purposes, aka “fair use” here in the USA.</p>
  • <p>July 6th, 1950</p>
  • <p>September 11th, 1959</p>
  • <p>The Mission Drive-In on Aug. 24, 2007, which had just reopened after being vandalized earlier that year.</p>
  • <p>Demolition crews tear down outlying bricks and fencing along the Mission Drive-In on May 18, 2009 for construction of a library, office and retail space. The screen tower was to be preserved and incorporated into the 26 acre redeveloped site as an amphitheater.</p>
  • <p>This opened on July 28th, 1950. Grand opening ad posted.</p>
  • <p>September 13th, 1949</p>
  • <p>September 14th, 1950</p>
  • <p>Blumenfeld promotes the arrival of CinemaScope at the Fruitridge and two of their other Sacramento area drive-ins in this 1954 ad from the Sacramento Bee. Apparently all three installations were done at the very same time.</p>