Midway Drive-In
5431 U.S. 5,
Ascutney,
VT
05089
5431 U.S. 5,
Ascutney,
VT
05089
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The Midway Drive-In was constructed and opened on September 30, 1949 with Jeff York in “Lil Abner” & Irene Dare in “Frolics on Ice”(aka Everything’s on Ice). It was owned and operated by Henry Garneau of the Penny Theatre Co., Windsor. It managed to last into the 1980’s before it closed and was demolished.
Today, a church sits on the property with no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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Opened on 30th of September 1949 with “Li'l Abner” and “Frolics on Ice”
Lil'i Abner was released in 1959.
Actually the first film adaptation was in 1940 as per the below link:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032703/
You could see this theater’s screen from a small section of Interstate 91. Sometimes people would park on the side of the road when XXX films were being shown.
I-91 sat due west of the theater. While the screen faced east. There is no angle to see the screen from that direction.
It may have been possible to see the screen from across the river on Windsor Road in New Hampshire. Especially during the winter when the leaves were off the trees. That is still a good half-mile. But if you had binoculars.