Town Drive-In

9377 Telegraph Road,
Detroit, MI 48239

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on January 11, 2026 at 3:59 pm

Closed on December 9, 1962 with Bette Davis in “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane” and David Niven in “Guns Of Darkness” (unknown if extras added). It was demolished unexpectedly by a cutting torch which set sparks to the building underneath the screen tower before the building caught fire.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 25, 2018 at 6:02 am

Opened on 4/5/1949 with “The fighting O'Flynn”. Closed in 1963. The screen caught fire while being demolished, due to a cutting torch being use to demolished the screen(sparks set the building under the screen tower on fire). The site is now a Chatham Super Market and E.J. Korvette, McCrory Variety store and Revco Drugstore.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on November 25, 2018 at 12:12 am

was a shopping center in 1967!

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on September 29, 2015 at 3:50 pm

More information HERE

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on April 18, 2014 at 6:15 pm

Added a nice clear photo.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 18, 2009 at 12:38 am

The Town Drive-In was designed by architect Ted Rogvoy, according to an item in Boxoffice, February 25, 1950. The article is illustrated by a small rendering.

The location of this theater, by the way, is Redford, not Redrod.