Manchester Drive-In
12610 Manchester Road,
Des Peres,
MO
63131
12610 Manchester Road,
Des Peres,
MO
63131
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Independent Film Journal, April 17, 1954: “Manchester Drive-In is adding three more ramps to accommodate 200 cars, increasing its capacity to about 900. It will also have a new 50x102 screen.”
May 24, 1940 photo added courtesy Vintage St. Louis & Route 66 Facebook page.
Opened with some short subjects(not named), and “Raffles”.
May 24th, 1940 grand opening ad in the photo section.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 12610 Manchester Rd.
In the street view, if you scroll around, you’ll see the West County Center mall. That is the former location of the Manchester Drive-In. Ironically, if you keep scrolling, you will also see the green cathedral roof of Wehrenberg’s Des Peres 14 Cine, which is on the other side of I-270 on Manchester Road.