Tillicum Drive-In
3170 Tillicum Road,
Victoria,
BC
V9A 7C5
3170 Tillicum Road,
Victoria,
BC
V9A 7C5
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Previously operated by: Famous Players
Previous Names: Tillicum Outdoor Theatre
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The Tillicum Outdoor Theatre was a drive-in located in north Victoria near the suburb of Saanich. It opened on June 1, 1951 with Danny Kaye in “The Inspector General”. Capacity for the single-screen venue was 620 cars.
The Tillicum Drive-In closed on November 11, 1979 and its site was redeveloped. The Tillicum Centre Mall and the SilverCity Tillicum are both now located on the approximate site of the old drive-in.
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The Tillicum Drive-In (as it came to be known in its later years) was closed by Famous Players on November 11, 1979 with a final dusk-to-dawn movie marathon, with the features shown below:
Closed on 11/11/1979 with “Smokey and the Bandit”, Prisoner of Zenda", “Walk proud” and “The big fix”.
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june 21 2021 - david, check out a video i put togther tillicumn drive promtional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDadbR6WhQ just finished the tillicum drive history am popup drive in video over 20 mins of mini featurette fun call me sometime 250-384-9187
The ad from the Tillicum Drive-In’s final show has been uploaded to the photo section.
Opened on 1st June 1951 with the latest news, a cartoon(not named?), and “The Inspector General”.
The cartoon from the opening night on June 1, 1951 (listed on the opening night ad in the photo section) was the Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Every Monday.