Drive-In 54, again, thanks for the support. I am glad that my Father’s work of recording this event has found such interest within this community. It was a unique effort and obviously worth preserving.
Al Alvarez, no I do not but I suspect that it may have been in the mid to late 50’s. Uncle Arthur and Aunt Peg had their first child in 1956. This may have prompted the family to move to their permanent residence, and my uncle to begin his career as an insurance agent. Unfortunately Broward County online property records only go back to 1978.
Drive-In 54, thanks for the support. I’ve begun to post images I have been able to salvage from the family albums and look forward sharing what information I can.
Arthur Ashworth was my uncle and the eldest son of Samuel Arthur Ashworth (my grandfather), who also went by the name S. Arthur Ashworth. It was my grandfather who was owner of both the Hi-Way and the Hallandale Drive-in during the 1950’s. My uncle Arthur managed the Hi-Way and for a time lived on the property with his wife. My father, Ken Ashworth, managed the Hallandale Drive-In and we lived in Hollywood.
You can see the close relationship between the two Drive-Ins by the shared flyer shown in the Photo Section…
S. Arthur Ashworth was my Grandfather, my father (Ken Ashworth) managed the Drive-In during the 1950’s until it was sold. Also during the 1950’s my grandfather owned the Hi-Way Drive-In in Dania which was managered by my father’s older brother Arthur.
Like many Drive-Ins built prior to the early 1950’s the theater screen was built in the Full Screen format. It was during the summer of 1954 that the screen was expanded to a Widescreen format to accommodate Vista Vision and Cinema Scope films, and to compete with new theaters being built to this format.
The location on the south side of Pembroke RD located the Drive-In in Hallandale, the north side of the road was in Hollywood. The Drive-In advertised in the Miami News to reach their southern market and the Sun-Tattler a local daily in Hollywood.
Drive-In 54, again, thanks for the support. I am glad that my Father’s work of recording this event has found such interest within this community. It was a unique effort and obviously worth preserving.
TerryWade, thanks for the response, were you a patron of the drive-in ?
I have posted a series of photos detailing the renovation of the drive-in from Full screen to Widescreen format in the Summer of 1954.
Al Alvarez, no I do not but I suspect that it may have been in the mid to late 50’s. Uncle Arthur and Aunt Peg had their first child in 1956. This may have prompted the family to move to their permanent residence, and my uncle to begin his career as an insurance agent. Unfortunately Broward County online property records only go back to 1978.
Drive-In 54, thanks for the support. I’ve begun to post images I have been able to salvage from the family albums and look forward sharing what information I can.
Uhmmm, the Image Title field does not display. This image shows the original construction of the drive-in prior to its opening in 1948.
Arthur Ashworth was my uncle and the eldest son of Samuel Arthur Ashworth (my grandfather), who also went by the name S. Arthur Ashworth. It was my grandfather who was owner of both the Hi-Way and the Hallandale Drive-in during the 1950’s. My uncle Arthur managed the Hi-Way and for a time lived on the property with his wife. My father, Ken Ashworth, managed the Hallandale Drive-In and we lived in Hollywood.
You can see the close relationship between the two Drive-Ins by the shared flyer shown in the Photo Section…
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24521/photos/121736 (Hi-Way) http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24521/photos/121735 (Hallandale)
S. Arthur Ashworth was my Grandfather, my father (Ken Ashworth) managed the Drive-In during the 1950’s until it was sold. Also during the 1950’s my grandfather owned the Hi-Way Drive-In in Dania which was managered by my father’s older brother Arthur.
Like many Drive-Ins built prior to the early 1950’s the theater screen was built in the Full Screen format. It was during the summer of 1954 that the screen was expanded to a Widescreen format to accommodate Vista Vision and Cinema Scope films, and to compete with new theaters being built to this format.
The location on the south side of Pembroke RD located the Drive-In in Hallandale, the north side of the road was in Hollywood. The Drive-In advertised in the Miami News to reach their southern market and the Sun-Tattler a local daily in Hollywood.