Hill Top Drive-In

Denny Pine on September 21, 2022 at 2:53 am

The Hilltop’s final night of operation was on September 26, 1982 with the original “Star Wars” and “On The Right Track”. A front page article from the May 14, 1983 issue of the Monessen Valley Independent indicated that the drive-in would not reopen. The site remained dormant until 1997 when the Residence At Hilltop assisted living facility was built there.

LouisRugani on July 12, 2010 at 11:58 pm

(The Valley Independent, April 25, 1968)
Manos theatre chain adds a Valley drive-in

• Manos Enterprises, Inc., has added another link to its theatre
  chain. It’s Hilltop Drive-In in Carroll Twp. which will open
  officially under Manos operation next Wednesday, May 1.
  The theatre was closed for the winter.
  Records in Washington County courthouse reveal the property was acquired by Berlo Vending Co. of Delaware on March 4 at a sheriff’s sale for $1,994.51. The property was previously owned by Paul Delvitto of Penn.
  In turn, Berlo Vending Co. has sold the theatre to Manos, although tbe transaction has not yet been recorded. Purchase price was not disclosed. The theatre will open with the recently named “best picture” of the year â€" “In the Heat of the Night,” starring “best actor” Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier. A co-feature will be the comedy “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.” The Hilltop becomes the 22nd unit in the Manos theatre chain which extends throughout Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In the Valley the Coyle, State and Manos theatres are owned by Manos Enterprises, Inc. Manager of the Hilltop will be a Charleroi resident, Ken Haywood, a senior at Charleroi Area High School. Haywood has theatre operating experience having assisted Lewis Guidetti at the Coyle in Charleroi. The Hilltop will be open every night. “We hope to offer the public movies of quality,” commented Joseph Bugala, general manager of Manos Enterprises, Inc.

dave-bronx™ on January 7, 2007 at 2:59 pm

In May 1965, the Valley Independent reports: At the Hilltop Drive-in, Carroll Township, “Strange Bedfellows” with Rock Hudson and Gina Lollabrigida. The cost was only $1.10 per carload.