Ranch Drive-In
5898 Butterfield Drive,
Clinton,
MD
20735
5898 Butterfield Drive,
Clinton,
MD
20735
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Previous Names: Branch Drive-In
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Opened August 13, 1953 as the Branch Drive-In with a capacity for 700 cars. Opening day movie was “House of Wax” in 3D. This drive-in closed as the Ranch Drive-In around 1984.
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Some nice photos (taken after it closed down) are here:
http://www.driveins.org/md-clinton-ranch.htm
Oh, a couple of vintage ads are there, too.
The Ranch was renowned for the themed dusk-to-dawn shows that played there, especially the Halloween Horror-Thons. There’s an article written about them on that page that’s a lot of fun to read.
On a rainy night on 10/25/67, I saw the John Ford movie “Seven Women” at the Ranch. I did not stay for the second feature which was “House of a 1000 Dolls”.
Grand opening ad in photo section.
Now a residential area.
The address for this drive in is 5898 Butterfield Dr, Clinton, MD 20735.
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