Famous 4 Drive-In
Essex County Road 46,
Windsor,
ON
N9A
Essex County Road 46,
Windsor,
ON
N9A
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Previously operated by: 20th Century Theaters, Famous Players
Previous Names: Twin Drive-In East & West
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The Twin Drive-In East & West was opened on September 22, 1966. I have an advertisement from the Windsor Star dated October 9, 1971 for both the Twin East Drive-In and Twin West Drive-In theatres that I would like to post. It was taken over by Famous Players on June 26, 1981 and renamed Famous 4 Drive-In. It was closed on September 2, 1989.
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ROBERT MORROW
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This opened by 20th Century Theatres on September 22nd, 1966 and expanded to 4 screens on June 19th, 1981. It was renamed Famous 4 Drive-In on June 26th, 1981 and closed in 1990. The SilverCity cinema opened on its site in 1997.
As indicated above by Mike Rivest, this was originally with 20th Century Theatres as the Twin Drive-In, then later went to Famous Players as the Famous 4 Drive-In after Famous Players absorbed 20th Century’s operations.
Is HWY 98 known as something else now? I’m not getting it to map on Google Maps.
its now called Essex County Rd 46 aka Provincial Rd.
A closer address is 4611 Walker Rd, Windsor, ON N8W 3T6, Canada.
This is the address of the SilverCity Windsor Cinemas which is located at the intersection of Walker and Essex County Rd 4 or Provincial Road. There is no trace of the drive in remaining.
22nd September 1966 with “The man called Flintstone” and “3 on a couch”.
The West screen opened with “Beau Geste” and “Kimberly Kim”.
This was known as Twin East & Twin West Drive-In, but was last known as Famous 4 Drive-In when two more screens were added for both theaters in June 1981. Famous Players was its operator at the time, and closed on September 2, 1989.
It last operated with four screens.