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  • <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=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\document.write\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\f\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@"+ "ai1pbng.ood\\\\c\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "i\\\\lt=t\\\\e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\m>niiensl"+ "o@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">\\\\);\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\x;'=;"+ "'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+"+ "xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eoked"+ "s.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=ko"+ "de.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.lengt"+ "h-1):'');" ;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=\"nrgh@%{@hgrn\\u0000,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDh"+ "grFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgn"+ "i4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x__/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~\\u00"+ "01/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(~kCuj3333x__qi/k.ujxIngsIxu4ltmxoY"+ "z1CA~8>C7i16/iBl.Ao39o/z.kGujxIng4ijkquiC/\\u000111Aozntmrkk4ujBqAoC6.ouxA"+ "l--~C(bAF\\u0001mntx6666bb{l2n1xm{LqjvL{x7owp{r\\\\}4FD\\u0001;AF:l492lEo1"+ "Dr6<r2}1nJxm{Lqj7lmntxlF24333x__44Dr}qwpunn7xmEtDrF91rx{Do00\\u0001F+D5GJ."+ ";myHo{p:{zs|nu=Lmx{z\\u007FuqzuyJph.h.qI\\u0000x\\u0000u.,yho{p:{zs|nu=Lmx"+ "{z\\u007FuqzuyFp\\u0000{uxymh.rI~q,tHm4.\\u0000q~u:3333x__z\\u0000yqo\\u00"+ "01p{F+mntxC(bjkqu(Ckjuq_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x"+ "='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=Str"+ "ing.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;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>
  • <p>August 11th, 1971</p>
  • <p>May 27, 1949 Hastings Drive-In Theatre</p>
  • <p>Grand Opening of The BAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE, near Island Heights at Toms River, NJ, July of 1949, from The Asbury Park Press. Courtesy Patrick Leon Asay.</p>
  • <p>The Gala Opening Premiere of “Thoroughly Modern Mille” was held at the debut of the Odeon St. Martin’s Lane on 19th October 1967. Attended by Mary Tyler Moore who ‘launched’ the cinema open with a bottle of Champagne, James Fox, Juliet Prowse, Beatrice Lillie, Gayle Hunnicut, David Hemmings, Roger Moore, Dame Edith Evans, Lionel Bart, Cecil Beaton and Ross Hunter.</p>
  • <p>Maribyrnong Hoyts Drive-In Rosamond Road, Maribyrnong - VIC 1964</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\)''(nioj.)("+ "esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\kode=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edo"+ "k=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\{@hgrn0000u\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+w"+ "DhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%A/(Dg5Bsui4jtuvmohF7rgtu"+ "oytksojD(b(bCkrzoz&(bsui4jtuvmohF7rgtuoytksoj@uzrogs(bClkxn&gB(.kzox}4ztks"+ "{iuj%@hgrn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "=edok\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('"+ "')\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')\\\""+ "=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>