Brunswick Drive-In
346 Old Portland Road,
Brunswick,
ME
04011
346 Old Portland Road,
Brunswick,
ME
04011
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The Brunswick Drive-In was located on U.S. Route 1, East Brunswick. It opened on May 26, 1950, and was operated by W.C. Gould and Affiliated Theatres Corp. It was still open in 1970 and closed around 1984. Car capacity was 450.
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there is a wal-mart now where the drive in was. also some small shops and a bank
I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the site but wikimapia indicates that the drive-in at Tibbets Drive was the Bowdoin Drive-in, which makes sense since it’s closer to Bowdoin College than the Brunswick drive-in, which was west of Brunswick. http://wikimapia.org/10512965/former-Bowdoin-drive-in-cinema
According to the site the Brunswick Drive-in was at 43°54'35"N 70°1'59"W on the old Rt. 1 headed towards Freeport. Looks like it’s just a wooded area now. I’ll have to drive by and check it out, maybe get some photos unless it’s posted No Trespassing. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.9097388&lon=-70.0333035&z=17&l=0&m=b&show=/9971521/
Google Earth has a nice aerial of this site if you use the “time slider” to view the 12/31/2003 imagery. You can see all the parking areas in concentric arcs and what appears to be the remains of the snack booth (and projectionist booth?).
So this aerial that mike uploaded is wrong also. This aerial is the Bowdoin Drive-In.
This should be the correct address (close enough) for the Brunswick Drive-In :
Old Portland Rd & Grant Rd, Brunswick, Maine 04011
Is this correct?
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Brunswick Drive-In; it’s Card # 605. But no one filled out the report and there is only an undated photo. These undated reports/photos were mostly made about 1946-50. The photo shows the back of a big screen and attached to it is a huge marquee.
Drive in 54 is correct. The drive in stood just NE of this intersection. Most ramps are still visible. Use 300 Old Portland Rd. And follow the hwy west just before Grant Rd. Apparently the lot and surrounding lots are for sale but no exact address is given.
300 Old Portland Rd is the closest address using Google Maps, its just west of this address.
Circa 1966 print ad added courtesy Bowdoinham Historical Society.
The Brunswick Drive-In opened on May 26th, 1950, with two cartoons and two features. Grand opening ad posted.
A closer address is 346 Old Portland Rd, Brunswick, ME.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right next to the entrance.
https://tinyurl.com/38wbcf8y