Star-Vue Drive-In
4791 W. Van Giesen Street,
West Richland,
WA
99353
4791 W. Van Giesen Street,
West Richland,
WA
99353
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Previously operated by: Alliance Theater Corp.
Architects: John S. Frewen
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This drive-in was built in an area that is on the outskirts of Richland, Washington. Originally considered “Lower Yakima”, Carl Heminger bought property in the area in the late-1940’s and wanted to call it Heminger City. The people who lived there preferred for it to be called Enterprise. People who grew up there in the late-1940’s/early-1950’s will call it by either name, or a combination of both names.
The drive-in was built in 1954, and the first films shown were Clark Gable in “Lone Star” and Dean Stockwell in “The Happy Years”. The Star-Vue Drive-In was short lived but it was shut down in 1959. The drive-in was on the land that is now behind a doctor’s office and the West Richland post office, land of which remains untouched.
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Lloyd Honey’s obituary in the May 2, 1977 issue of Boxoffice mentioned that he and his father built the Starvue.
There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
I remember going to see “Rio Bravo” at the Star Vue with my family and remembered that it was next to a hill. When I went back for a visit in 1992, I was able to locate the base of the screen and the cement floor of the snack bar, and yes, it was next to a hill.