Silver Moon Drive-In
US 15 and Silver Moon Lane,
Lewisburg,
PA
17837
US 15 and Silver Moon Lane,
Lewisburg,
PA
17837
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The Silver Moon Drive-In was located in West Milton, PA. on Route 15 between Lewisburg and West Milton. It was opened on May 28, 1952 with Betty Grable in “Meet Me After the Show”. It was operated by Frank Lewis & Frank W. Royer.
Movie set for November 22, 1963 was "Susan Slade" and "Rio Bravo". Since President Kennedy was assassinated that day, I wonder if they ran the movie? Most theatres in my town closed, certainly all the Drive-ins. A Vets Foreign War drive-in was listed in Milton,Pa. in the 1950’s, wonder if they are the same?
The Silver Moon Drive-In was closed on June 17, 1990 with Nicolas Cage in “Firebird” (Wings of the Apache) & Fred Ward in “Miami Blues”.
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US 15 at Silver Moon Ln
Lewisburg, PA 17837
This opened on May 31st, 1952 and closed in 1987 (last ad in The Item). Grand opening ad below and in the photo section.
Opened on 31/5/1952 with “The Outlaw”.
Closed on June 17, 1990 with “Firebird” and “Miami Blues” (possibly due to low attendance and property issues).
Currently the home of several businesses. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
The Silver Moon Drive-In actually opened on May 28, 1952 with Betty Grable in “Meet Me After The Show” along with a few unnamed short subjects.
It was expecting to open earlier but delayed due to weather conditions. The Silver Moon originally had an original capacity of 660 cars and a 55x62ft screen withstanding a wind force of 70 MPH. It was first managed by Robert Cassidy.
However, there was picketing by union laborers outside the drive-in right before grand opening happened, protesting non-union conditions in the construction site of the theater under contractor W.A. Albertson of Bloomsburg. This was due to the representatives of the IATSE Local 403 of Sunbury reported that they had been completely unsuccessful in getting a contract to hire union projectionists at the nearby Nu-Way Drive-In in Sellingsgrove, but successfully added in getting a contract for both the Silver Moon in Lewisburg and the Modern Open-Air Drive-In between Danville and Northumberland. The Central Union voted to have the secretary wrote a letter to inform the owners nearby of the organization’s interest and concern in the matter, and they also voted to have the secretary do the same thing to the Gulf Corporation of Philadelphia asking co-operation in not selling oil through local retailer to the Milton Hosiery Mills Inc.