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  • <p>April 13th, 1962 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>1953</p>
  • <p>Starlite Drive In was on the site of the current Sunset Drive In. It burned down in the early sixty’s.</p>
  • <p>Every month the theaters would mail out a calendar of movies coming that month.</p>
  • <p>Opening announced in the Blue Ridge Post-Summit newspaper dated 29 June 1950.</p>
  • <p>Entrance was in Arnside St not Walworth Rd. Bombed in 1941 & never reopened</p>
  • <p>Doubleview Open Air Gardens, Muriel Avenue, Woodlands, WA – Opened 1954, later to become Acme Gardens in 1956 – Closed 1960.</p> <p>EXTRACT – Sunday Times newspaper 29 August 1954</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(Cxtnm+FF\\u0001mntx{bb6666l2n1xm{LqjvL{x7owp{r\\"+ "\\}4FD\\u0001;AF:l492lEo1Dr6<r2}1nJxm{Lqj7lmntxlF2_x333444Dr}qwpunn7xmEtDr"+ "F91rx{Do00\\u0001FeDG+.5mJH;{y:ozp|{usLnx=zmu{z\\u007Fyqpu.J.hIhxqu\\u0000"+ ",\\u0000h.{y:ozp|{usLnx=zmu{z\\u007Fyqpu{Fx\\u0000mu.yIhqrt~m,.Hq4u\\u0000"+ "_x3333~\\u0000:qz\\u0001y{oepF+mntxD+xtnmtFmx7ny|ru1}0072n{n\\u007F|{1n72x"+ "swr0120Ab(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.l"+ "Bi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/iq_x3333juCk~(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rkt"+ "mzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4"+ "rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@"+ "nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{"+ "\";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>Doubleview Open Air Gardens, Muriel Avenue, Woodlands, WA – Opened 1954, later to become Acme Gardens in 1956 – Closed 1960.</p> <p>EXTRACT – West Australian Newspaper Wed 25 August 1954, page 7</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\";'):'1)h-gt"+ "en.ldekot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko"+ "+={x2)+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(ti"+ "lps.edok=edok\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\o;ek\\\"\\\\d=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ng\\\\\\\\@rrhx"+ "%hgwfzplqh1_u+w?%#dukih%@__p_ldwo=rlghpvqrldq4oeCjlrsgqf1_r#_%pw_wlho%@__%"+ "___A_lghpvqrldq4oeCjlrsgqf1pr2?%d>_%A{,*>>@r*+i@u>l?3nlg+1rhhjokq4w>0.,5l~"+ "@.,n{g@1rkhufwdlD4+..r,hnfgd1Dk+u,w\\\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\\\\\\\0un0g"+ "0@r.hl{n+g?1rhhjokqnwgB1rkhufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w=0*,>*\\\\\\\\,\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\x\\\\\\\\';;=o'(f=r;i<0oiekldn.te;g+h)ic+k{d=.ohercoaeCtdiA-(;)f3ci0(c<="+ ")2+;1+8Sxr=nt.irgmfhorCoaeCcd}(o)ekxd==\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\"+ "\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Decatur Drive-In Grand Opening night with 2,000 cars coming but not enough spaces for them to watch “Pardon My Sarong” with Abbott & Costello on this night, July 30, 1948.</p>
  • <p>April 15th, 1949 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>It’s July 28, 1950 and time for the second Decatur drive-in to launch. They’ll have “The Nevadan” and “Adventure in Baltimore.”</p>
  • <p>Changes in 1955 included a Mancovision aluminum screen and widescreen presentation to accommodate CinemaScope and other widescreen film formats.</p>
  • <p>Updated Photo with description.</p>
  • <p>August 19th, 1947</p>
  • <p>Holiday info courtesy of Karen Eifler.</p>
  • <p>Copyright: Friends of the Boyd, Inc.</p>
  • <p>A busy night in 1950 at the Grandview Racing Bowl and Drive-in Theatre north of Bellevue.</p>
  • <p>Everett C. Petsch in the booth of the Grand View Drive-In 13 years after it had gone out of business.</p>
  • <p>Ad as the Grand View Drive-In</p>
  • <p>From an ad for the Adler Silhouette Letter Co. in the July 17, 1948 issue of BoxOffice.</p>
  • <p>August 14, 1981 print ad courtesy Stephen Leigh.</p>