Cinema West Drive-In
5927 Indiana 46,
Bloomington,
IN
47404
5927 Indiana 46,
Bloomington,
IN
47404
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Previous Names: Sundown Drive-In
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The Sundown Drive-In was opened on May 26, 1950 with Ida Lupino in “Lust for Gold” & Rin-Tin-Tin III in “The Return of Rin-Tin-Tin”. It had space for about 400 cars. From 1967 it was called the Cinema West Drive-In and showed adult films from 1969 until its closing on September 3, 1984 with dusk to dawn screenings of Joanna Bell in “Sylvia”, Marlene Willoughby in “The Trouble with Young Stuff” & John Holmes in “Summertime Blue”.
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The address for this drive in was 5927 Indiana 46, Bloomington, IN 47404.
This location is no longer Ellettsville. Now Southern Indiana Pediatrics.
Please update.
Nothing remaining of the drive-in save for the entrance/exit road which is now Endwright Lane.
The Sundown Drive-In opened its gates on May 26, 1950 with “Lust For Gold” and “The Return of Rin-Tin-Tin” (unknown if extras added), and was first operated by Martinsville brothers Thomas G. and James A. Cramer. It was renamed the Cinema West in 1967 retaining its mainstream policy for a short period of time, but flipped its policy to adult films a couple years later.