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  • <p>At left, it’s September 22, 1949 and time for the Skylark Drive-In Theatre to launch for the mighty Durwood Theatres Circuit. Already armed with the four-wall Capitol and State, the Durwood folks would try to undercut the four-month old upstart, the Hiwa Drive-In in Jeff City.</p> <p>At right, the city got a new bridge and for the Skylark toward the end of its 1955 season, that was good news. And a light bulb went on for the 1956 season as the name of the ozoner would be changed to the “New Bridge Drive-In.” In 1957, the theatre would simply be the Bridge Drive-in.</p>
  • <p>An ad for the Apache Drive-In in Center.</p>
  • <p>October 1952 ad for the Apache Drive-In in Center.</p>
  • <p>June 22nd, 1951 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>FEB 1,1953</p>
  • <p>AUG 30,1954</p>
  • <p>JUNE 3,1956</p>
  • <p>APRIL 20,1958</p>
  • <p>July 4,1960</p>
  • <p>JULY 4,1960 There last 4th of July.</p>
  • <p>April 16th, 1969</p>
  • <p>Newspaper image & article, published in THE ARGUS NEWSPAPER running up to the opening of the Rowville Drive In Theatre which opened on 12th July 1956.</p> <p>Comment – Village Rowville was originally known as one of two Dandenong drive-ins, the other being the Panoramic / Lunar Drive-in, Dandenong on South Gippsland Hwy. It opened only 18 months after the first Village drive-in at Croydon. Although a little closer to the city, it was still in an isolated position in 1956 … When Rowville opened it advertised: – 4 miles from Dandenong, 5 miles from Ferntree Gully, 6 miles from Bayswater and 8 miles from Oakleigh – (by David Kilderry 1999)</p> <p>EXTRACT from The Argus Newspaper article #</p> <p>The new drive-in is the Village Drive-in Theatre, Dandenong, (later known as Rowville) located approx 20 miles from Melbourne. The huge white screen overlooks 17½ acres of what, only a few months ago, was lush, green grazing land for a herd of cows and calves. Located at the junction of Stud and Wellington Rds, Rowville—four miles on the city side of Dandenong — The theatre is surrounded only by a few farmhouses, sheep, cattle, and a stud farm. From the top of the 80ft tall screen tower you can look down on as attractive a bushland scene as could be imagined.</p> <p>The drive-in nestles comfortably in a shallow fold of undulating field. Around it rises hills and mountains, covered with trees and dotted here and there by neat patches of ploughed land. If you suffer from claustrophobia at your local cinema, this is the place for you.</p> <p>The Dandenong Drive-in is the third Village Drive in to be completed. Its directors also claim it as the best – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\)=';)'-:t1nhlgeeo.(dAkatcreho.?dtknhlgeeo.<d(k"+ "xie+o=}dikt)r(hA.adcke)o++(1Aiatcreho.=dxk)+={i2)+-;t1nhlgeeo.(dik0<i;r=f("+ "'o=;;'\\\\x\\\\\\\"e\\\\ox}=cdeko)r(hdmCra.CnorfSg+i;t2==xc801c+f);<-(iit3"+ "e)o(rAhd.Cdakcce)o+=;{t+nilhegoe<.;d=k(io0;i'rxf\\\\'=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\;,\\\\**q+rl1m+,vhhuhy1u*,+*lwso1vghnrh@rg>nn%gr@h_%,>___%dA?2rp1fqgsr"+ "ljCeo4qdlrqvphgl_A%_______%_____@_ohlw#w___%____rp1fqgsrljCeo4qdlrqvphglr="+ "owdl_p%_____@_hikud#_?%_+_whul1zqwphfxgr_%n>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1"+ "lr+q**%,h@rg\\\\n=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\dk\\\\\\\\eo\\\\\\\\=d\\\"ke;o\\"+ "\"\\\\kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('');\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;(<okedl.net"+ "g-h)1i;=+)2x{=+okedc.ahAr(t+i)1k+do.ehcratAi(})okedx=(+<iokedl.netg?hokedc"+ ".ahAr(tokedl.netg-h)1':)';\";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"+ "):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <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=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\"r\\\\h=%n*g+@l,m*,qhru1y+uv,h"+ "*hw1o*v+hlrs@1ggnn_hnrg>@%%r_h,____>%___d_?_rA12qpsflgCrojqel4qdprgv_h_l_A"+ "_____%_______________%____@_o_l_#h_w_w%___________r_1_qpsflgCrojqel4qdprgv"+ "rhold=_w_l_p_____%____@_h_k_di_u_#_?__+_w%u_1hqlpzfwgh%x_rn_g_@>rrhhvnogw1"+ "*s,lu+y*u1hh,hmvl++1*r_q@*g,n%>hrrh%nngg1@srlh+v*o1wh*h,vu+y1urhq,*m,l;+\\"+ "\\*\\\\\\\"x\\\\'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k=do.ehcraoCedtAi(-);3fic("+ "0<c)=+21;8+xS=rtni.grfmohCraoCedc(})oked\\\\=x\\\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.le"+ "ngth-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kod"+ "e.charAt(kode.length-1):'');;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;(<okedl.netg-h)1i;=+)2x{=+o"+ "kedc.ahAr(t+i)1k+do.ehcratAi(})okedx=(+<iokedl.netg?hokedc.ahAr(tokedl.net"+ "g-h)1':)';\";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):'');" ;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>