Buena Park Drive-In
6612 Lincoln Avenue,
Buena Park,
CA
90620
6612 Lincoln Avenue,
Buena Park,
CA
90620
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i saw 2 awesome movies at this drive in: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982 Release) & Honey I Shrunk The Kids
The last movies might’ve been Cliffhanger and Guilty as Sin.
Boxoffice, Feb. 19, 1962: “Pacific Drive-In Theatres took over operation of the Warner Drive-In in Huntington Beach and the Lincoln Drive-In at Cypress, effective the 14th”
Boxoffice, April 3, 1954: “John Feys & Associates have purchased the Cine-Car Drive-In, a 700-seat (sic) operation, from Bill Montgomery.”
The Buena Park Drive-In opened on April 22nd, 1970. Grand opening ad posted.
Buena Park Drive-In opening from April 22nd, 1970
Buena Park Drive-In opening Wed, Apr 22, 1970 – Page 29 · Independent (Long Beach, California) · Newspapers.com
Looks like the original name was not so much “cine” as in “cinematic” but more like “see in a”. Or maybe the pun was really that clever.
From the Cypress (CA) Enterprise, April 21, 1950: “Tuesday night will be Benefit night at the C-Ina-Car drive-in theatre one mile east of Cypress. The proceeds will go to the Cypress and Artesia posts to be used as they please. … In announcing the VFW night at the C-Ina-Car theatre, co-owner William Montgomery said that the regular prices would prevail, fifty cents for adults including tax, and all children under 12 are admitted free. The public is invited to attend."
That first renaming may not have occurred until 1954. From the Sept. 4, 1954 Motion Picture Herald: “Renamed the Lincoln and completely remodelled, the former Cine-Car drive-in in Anaheim was re-opened by John C. Feys.”
800 cars when first opened. 1200 cars when merged together.
The map location is wrong. It’s houses there since 1955. The drive ins were on Lincoln & Holder.
Okay that clears that up. Thanks OCRon!!
Uploaded aerial views from 1954,1972,1995.
Hopefully somebody here can tell us which DI is which.
Here is a May 1949 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/3y363e
Like many California Drive-ins, this theatre shared the lot with another Drive-in, the Buena Park, before merging operations as the Buena Park Lincoln. Demolished in 1996, the land was redeveloped for residential use.
A further comment – as noted elsewhere, this drive-in originally was back-to-back with the Buena Park Drive-In, which was actually a better theater, but unfortunately fell victim to the economic woes which led to this theater charging a buck and a half a carload in the mid-1960s just to stay in business.