Starlight Twin Drive-In

1225 Aquidneck Avenue,
Middletown, RI 02842

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Previous Names: Newport Family Drive-In

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Starlight Twin Drive-In

The Newport Family Drive-In was opened on June 3, 1953 with Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in “The Caddy” & Charlton Heston in “Arrowhead”. At that time it was operated by Harry Minassian and Daytz Theatre Entertainments of Boston, MA. By May 1979 it had been renamed Starlight Twin Drive-In.

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on November 16, 2011 at 10:37 pm

Was hoping it was the Third Drive-in in Newport ,Tennessee i have been trying to name.

bicyclereporter
bicyclereporter on November 27, 2011 at 9:49 pm

well, if you live there or know someone there, you can always look in the city directories of yore…

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on August 18, 2012 at 8:30 am

A couple of friends and I saw the movie “The Spiral Road” here on August 18, 1962 after not being able to get into the play “The Glass Menagerie” at the Newport Playhouse.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on August 18, 2012 at 8:34 am

This was actually located in Middletown, RI, the town adjacent to Newport, and not in Newport itself.

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 30, 2012 at 2:28 am

Approx. address for this drive-in was 1225 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI 02842.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on May 31, 2018 at 5:52 am

The site is now Bay Willows Inn.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 8, 2020 at 12:54 am

There was a Drive-in chapel on sunday mornings(9 am) in 1957, sponsored by tne Maple Avenue Baptist Church.

kennerado
kennerado on August 9, 2021 at 12:46 am

Opened on June 3, 1954 with “The Caddy” and “Arrowhead”.

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