El Capitan Drive-In
1900 E. 5th Street,
Metropolis,
IL
62960
1900 E. 5th Street,
Metropolis,
IL
62960
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This must have been when the El Capitan added the 520 seats, but I wonder what enclosing a whole ramp looked like.
The Exhibitor, Oct. 8, 1952: “In Metropolis, Ill., Eddie Clark plans enclosing one ramp at his El Capitan Drive-In to provide space for some 500 seats for persons.”
“The El Capitan Drive-In at Metropolis re-opened July 11. Its screen tower was wrecked in a tornado on June 13. The new screen tower is of concrete block construction and designed to withstand a wind of 120 miles an hour.” —BoxOffice, Aug. 8, 1953
From the Aug. 13, 1949 issue of BoxOffice:
METROPOLIS, ILL. – The 600-car El Capitan Drive-In Theatre on Route 45 one mile west of here has been sold by Russell Baker to Malco Theatres of Memphis, Tenn., headed by M. A. Lightman. The drive-in was opened last April. Its acquisition marks the entry of the Malco Theatres into the St. Louis film trade territory.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1900 E. 5th St.
2012 Goggle View. You can still see the car ramps yet.
1952 aerial photo added to this page. it was on E. 5th and Bullock Lane.