Lakeshore Drive-In
1000 N. State Road 7,
Margate,
FL
33313
1000 N. State Road 7,
Margate,
FL
33313
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This became the Lakeshore in 1968.
Opened with “Farewell to arms” and “310 to Yuma”.
That was the best one I could find. Look at the car ramps and which way they go. There was four parking fields there.
Hmmn. Can you tell how you see that from that muddy pic?
Just uploaded an aerial from 1979 showing four screens..
Three screens in 1971. Four from 1972 to 1985.
Video from 1997 here
The very best drive in. My favorite. Good neighborhood, friendly staff….I saw tons of movies here. I only remember two screens but what great memories. Two thumbs WAY UP.
Did this opened as Margate Drive-In on May 23rd, 1958? If so, Then the grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.
Video from 1997: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3bqORshJfg
Drive-in movies ceased in 1984 (second-run 99 cent admission by then), but the Lake Shore (two words) site remained home to the Lake Shore Motel (guests once had free access to movies) and Margate Swap Shop (smaller complement to Henn’s Sunrise Blvd. colossus). Margate’s Community Redevelopment Agency acquired the property in 2006, as part of the Margate Town Center redevelopment corridor.
Primary memory: an early 70s revival of “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” crammed onto the Lake Shore’s tiniest screen (of corrugated metal).
UA would open an eightplex around the corner a couple years later (Movies at Margate, itself long since demolished for a Wal*Mart).
Also known as the Margate Drive-In.
Article on Preston Henn, Miami Drive-In mogul here.