UTE Drive-In

90 E. 7800 South,
Midvale, UT 84047

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 4, 2022 at 1:09 pm

Opened on the 13th. Ute Drive-In openingUte Drive-In opening 13 Apr 1950, Thu The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) Newspapers.com

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on December 21, 2018 at 9:52 pm

1977 photo added credit Ryan Rolova.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on December 16, 2018 at 7:11 am

Closed in 1983. Demolished(date unknown?). Site is now Apartments(Candlestick Lane Apartments).

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on December 16, 2018 at 7:08 am

Opened on 12/4/1950 with selected short subjects(not named), and “Dakota Lil”.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on December 16, 2018 at 7:03 am

Did you need a ute to go to this drive-in theatre?

byulcsw
byulcsw on March 16, 2011 at 12:09 am

I have a tape recording of my great-grandfather, Zachariah Brown, talking about how his father, Silas Brown, started the first movie picture theatre in midvale. Called it the alysian theatre (elision; probably spelled it wrong, but it sounds like it looks). It started in Zach’s mid teen years which would have been around 1915. The brown family ran this theatre as a family business primarily. Zach and his brother, John, learned how to run the machines as teenagers and helped sell candy during the change of the reels (i.e. which was about every 15-20 minutes). That’s all I know about it. Would be cool if someone else knew more information about this theatre and could help verify it’s existence. Figured you might since the ute is the oldest midvale theatre shown here.
Thanks, Isaac Brown

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on December 29, 2010 at 12:03 pm

Thanks Chuck,I was going by the silly newspaper ad.