Starlite Drive-In
Water Street and Starlite Street,
Summerside,
PE
C1N 0N7
Water Street and Starlite Street,
Summerside,
PE
C1N 0N7
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The Starlite Drive-In had capacity for about 200 cars. It opened on August 6, 1951 with Shirley Temple in “The Story of Seabiscuit”. It was still open in the 1970’s, but had closed around 1982.
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this place has been demolished, all the equipment and two rusty cars a 1962 Corvair and a 1967 dodge dart has been pushed behind the screen. The foundation for the screen is still there, there is a small room in the foundation that still exists, the screen is gone and the field is completely grown over. They used a RCA sound system and before they closed they were transmitting on the radio and had done away with the drive-in speakers. They were using carbon arc projectors right up until they closed. The lot of land that the drive in was on will be a suburb by 2014.
The life of this drive was 1965 to 1982 roughly.
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the regent, the captiol, the mack are 3 other theaters that were open
in pei only the mack is still open
Billboard, Sept. 13, 1952: “L. W. Ellis, of Summerside, P. E. I., is owner-manager of the Starlite Drive-In near Summerside. Spot was started by R. Pope and Ellis.”
The Starlite Drive-In opened its gates on August 6, 1951 with Shirley Temple in “The Story Of Seabiscuit” along with a few unnamed shorts (all in color).
This was located on Water Street and Starlite Street on the east side of Summerside. 1967 Topographic map posted.
Definitely looks like a small drive-in. Around 200 cars sounds right.
Still open in the 1970s, but most likely closed in the early-1980s.