Lancaster Drive-In

665 W. Avenue H,
Lancaster, CA 93534

650 cars

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Architects: J. Arthur Drielsma

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Lancaster Drive-In

The Lancaster Drive-In was opened in 1956 as a single screen theatre with a 650 car capacity. It had an indoor viewing room inside the snack bar/projection building. It was later tripled. The property is now used by the city of Lancaster as a maintenance yard. The screen is gone, but buildings survive.

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davidcoppock
davidcoppock on March 30, 2016 at 12:25 pm

One of the Guards seen at the Lancaster drive-in(in the film “Spies like us”? just after the Lancaster drive-in sign(marquee?) is director Sam Raimi(the non speaking guard, i think?). One of the three men standing outside the snack bar is B.B. King(the one who says “Won’t you gentlemen have a Pepsi”.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on April 19, 2016 at 9:38 am

There was four men standing outside the snack bar the car pulled up, i forget about the guy with the rifle(who said, “two Pepsis' to go).

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on July 4, 2017 at 4:38 pm

I think the drive-in might have been closed before the film Spies like us was filmed there, the ticket booth and the snavk bar look partly covered up in wood sheeting!?

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on July 5, 2017 at 8:05 am

The Lancaster Drive-in was closed for the winter season when Spies Like us was filmed there. The drive-in closed after the 1985/86 season. Spies like us was not screened there(pity!!). The concession stand is still there.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on July 5, 2017 at 8:54 am

The other guard seen at the drive-in ticket box(the speaking one) is director Joel Coen.

CRS
CRS on September 27, 2017 at 4:23 pm

The Lancaster Drive-In was completed in 1956. There was nothing but bare desert in 1950. The “auditorium” was a nice feature.

CRS
CRS on September 27, 2017 at 4:33 pm

The correct address was 665 W Ave H according to a 1964 booklet on Lancaster.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on May 12, 2019 at 9:55 am

The might have been an indoor movie theatre(behind the snack bar) according to tne Box Office Magazine articule in the photos section?

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on June 9, 2024 at 5:16 pm

The snack bar/bio box building, and a indoor viewing room are still there(and a few speaker boxes(and posts, and the entrance/roads?) are still there. The snack bar/bio box building(seen in the movie Spies us like us) has been remodeled as a as a maintenance building by the City of Lancaster. The interior of the snack bar was used tooin the movie Spies like us.

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