Bend Drive-In
20501 Cooley Road,
Bend,
OR
97701
20501 Cooley Road,
Bend,
OR
97701
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Previously operated by: Pacific Theatres, United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
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Opened on July 7, 1950 with Humphrey Bogart in “Chain Lightening” & Howard Duff in “Red Canyon”. The Bend Drive-In parked 400 cars and was part of the Inland Theatre Corp. The Bend Drive-In was known for triple features such as these: "Winning", "Will Penny" and "Violent Four". Well, the first two are good anyway!
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20467 Cooley Rd, Bend, OR 97701
The above address will map to the location of the drive-in, which is visible using Google Earth using historical imagery for the year 2000 and prior years.
This opened on April 26th, 1951. Grand opening ad uploaded here.
The ad above is one of those misleading prints; it’s actually for the opening of the second season. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common (and frustrating) problem for drive-in researchers like me. The Bend’s actual grand opening date was July 6, 1950; the ad is on page two of the Bend Bulletin (accessible though the Google newspaper archives).
The Bend Drive-In sounded familiar, so I checked my archives and I had the opening day ad. Drivein101 I have got caught few times myself researching and looking at movie ads.
Opened on 6/7/1950 “Comanche Territory” and “Yes sir thats my baby”.
Boxoffice, April 15, 1950: “BEND, ORE. – Construction of a concessions stand, ticket booth, projection room and fencing has been started here at the new Bend Drive-In underway for Albert and William Forman.”
Now Lowe’s @ 20501 Cooley Rd, Bend, OR 97701. Sorry Ozone!
This points to the entrance.
Please update.