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  • <p>Rowville Village Drive-In 1233 Stud Road, Rowville, VIC</p> <p>Foggy nights</p> <p>People didn’t seem to mind rainy nights – they just kept their windscreen wipers going. On hot nights people definitely came early as it was cooler out in the open. Foggy nights were a different matter. One foggy night we were showing “Whispering Smith” and the people listened but could not see the screen. However, they would not go home and still enjoyed the show. As the screen was down in a hollow we often had it fogged in on winter nights. Usually the fog lifted but, if not, people were given free passes to come back to another show. The Drive In was such a novelty in the early days that both sides of Stud Road would be bumper to bumper with cars stopped while their occupants watched the film. The work was constant and we were on our feet all the time but we used to have plenty of fun. They were certainly good days – by Gwen Hayes – Photo courtesy of Drive In’s Downunder – http://drive-insdownunder.com.au/%EF%BB%BFrowville-village-dandenong-nth/ – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%,**+qlrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@hgrn>_%nrgh@_%__qujkC(uqkjb"+ "(Cqujkb(bb/CbbAbbb(gbbBDu54stivjouFmrht7ogtusyjkbboDbbbbbbb(bbbbbbbbbbbbbb"+ "b(bbbbCrbbok&zbbzbbb(bbbbbbbbubb4stivjouFmrht7ogtusyjkuor@gzbbosbbbbbbb(bb"+ "bbCkbbnlgxbb&Bbbbb.zb(xk4ot}szikj{Aub(bbqujkCqujk4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk./4puot"+ ".--/Ab(C~--lAxuo.6CoA.Buqkjr4tkzm3n/7oAC1/8~\\u0001C1uqkji4gnGx.z1o/7q1ju4"+ "knixgzGo.____x3333/uqkj~C.1Bouqkjr4tkzmEnuqkji4gnGx.zuqkjr4tkzm3n/7-@/-A(A"+ "~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz"+ ".o/____x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A_%__>{@**"+ ">iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj"+ "1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+*"+ "*,\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;"+ "x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1948</p>
  • <p>From the Feb. 2, 1952 issue of Boxoffice</p>
  • <p>This was taken in 1966</p>
  • <p>1967</p>
  • <p>1997</p>
  • <p>July 3, 1964</p>
  • <p>Photo & description courtesy Captain Bijou Facebook page.</p> <p>“Filming Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe exiting a theatre playing THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) for the comedy classic SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955), directed by Billy Wilder.”</p> <p>Per IMDB: “The New York movie theater that’s supposedly showing Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) was really showing the Leslie Caron movie LILI (1953) at the time; the side of the theater visible to viewers had the "Creature” title on the marquee (along with a standee of monster and maiden on top of it), but the front of the theater marque (not visible) was still listing “Lili”. A photo of the theater with all “conflicting” marquees visible was tacked up in the Fox photo department for decades."</p> <p>“That movie house was the Trans-Lux 52nd Street Theatre, located at 586 Lexington Avenue. It closed in 1965 and has since been demolished.”</p>
  • <p>Trade journal report published in October, 1954</p>
  • <p>August 14, 1974 print ad courtesy Peter Norrish.</p>
  • <p>July 1970 print ad credit Sydney Daily Mirror. Via Ron Pettersson.</p>
  • <p>June 22, 1978 Daily Mirror print ad courtesy Ron Pettersson‎. Second run of two 1976 films.</p>
  • <p>October 24th, 1956</p>
  • <p>Here’s a cool map of Oak Ridge provided to patrons of the Hotel Jefferson that notes the Skyway Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>Summer of 1960 advertisement for the SKYWAY Drive-In and Burchfield Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>Summer of 1960 advertisement for all three drive-ins in the Oak Ridge area – the SKYWAY Drive-In, Burchfield Drive-In, and ELZA Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>Summer of 1960 advertisement for the Burchfield Drive-In and ELZA Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>AUGUST 1 1972</p>
  • <p>December 14th, 1951</p>
  • <p>March 25th, 1970</p>