ABC Drive-In
8500 Indian Head Highway,
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor,
MD
20744
8500 Indian Head Highway,
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor,
MD
20744
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A closer address is 8500 Indian Head Hwy, Fort Washington, MD.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right in the middle of the property.
After the drive-in closed it was demolished, but the land was never developed. You can still see the outline, ramps, and entrance road.
https://tinyurl.com/4rtxmvrr
Closed on September 14, 1986 with “Back To School” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” along with an unnamed cartoon.
I think they called it ABC just because of the first three letters of the alphabet. Its nothing related to the American Broadcasting Company or local businesses that were named ABC.
Is ABC short for anything?
Motion Picture Daily reported on May 9, 1955 that Wineland Theatres had purchased the ABC from a syndicate headed by Jacob Silverman (Altoona PA) and Paul B. Cromelin (Washington DC). Douglas W. Mellott was to remain in his job as manager of the ABC.
Correctio or above. I actually think it was the Super Chief not the Sky Chief. I’m not positive.
Saw many movies her between 1960-1962 and 1964-1966. I live in the Southview apts off of Oxon hill Rd. The one movie I remember seeing there was a re-issue of Gone With The Wind. Alao saw movies down the highway at the Sky Chief. During the run of Lord Jim I and a couple of others got thrown out for being drunk & disorderly because we kept running by the projection booth and making hand shadows on the screen. I don’t know why they got upset. Of course this was in my younger years.
Grand opening ad in photo section
This page has a whole bunch more photos:
http://www.driveins.org/md-oxonhill-abc.htm