Harmar Drive-In
1 Mariner Court,
Harmar Township,
PA
15238
1 Mariner Court,
Harmar Township,
PA
15238
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The Harmar Drive-In opened on August 30, 1950 with the Western feature “Barricade”, starring Ruth Roman, Dane Clark and Raymond Massey. Located on Indianola Road (PA 910) just off Freeport Road (old PA 28). Owned and operated by George Rodnok. It was closed on November 4, 1968 with Jack Lemmon in “The Odd Couple” & Dean Martin in “5 Card Stud”. the reason for closure was for construction of the Allegheny Valley Expressway (current PA 28).
From the Historic Aerials website, the overlapped 1952 and 2006 aerial maps show a segment of the AVE as well as the PA 28 Northbound offramp of Exit 11 (PA 910/PA Turnpike/Harmar) running through a good portion of the former drive-in site. You’ll also notice that the AVE is situated behind the snack bar/projection building and the Exit 11 offramp runs through a portion of it.
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This was my original entry that I had placed several days ago. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be posted or not; I thought maybe it was too descriptive. My apologies for the second entry of the same place.
Opening day ad from August 30,1950 and aerial from 1959
The listing above shows a rare occurence with TWO drive-ins in the Pittsburgh Metro Area (28 miles apart) having their grand openings on the same night: Harmar and Lakevue (later renamed Mt. Lebanon).
1 Mariner Ct
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
The Harmar’s final night of operation was on November 4, 1968 with “The Odd Couple” and “5 Card Stud”
A rare note of something that did not happen.
Boxoffice, March 23, 1970: “Harmar Drive-In, all new and relocated about a mile from the original outdoor theatre at Harmarville, is expected to be ready for opening late in the season, all depending on progress in highway construction.”
Boxoffice, July 16, 1973: “George Rodnok said that the long-ago dismantled Harmar Drive-In at Harmarville will not be replaced. For several years the plan had been to relocate about a mile or so from the old site, which was a popular ozoner.”