Dos Palos Drive-In
1635 Elgin Avenue,
Dos Palos,
CA
93620
1635 Elgin Avenue,
Dos Palos,
CA
93620
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The Merced Sun-Star reported on May 1, 1973 that burglars stole food from the Dos Palos Drive-In Theater. The manager found the door ajar when he reported for work in the morning, so the drive-in must have been active.
Well, yeah, Jamey_monroe45. We’re in agreement, so you don’t have to yell. I was trying to offer a “modern-day equivalent” of where the drive-in was when it existed.
We seem to agree on the southeast corner of Elgin and Almond. I picked the spot closest to the screen, (so of course it predated the street that replaced it), and you picked a sensible alternative near the probable entrance. Either address points the reader to the right place.
Looks like the Dos Palos opened in 1950, based on this note in the Oct. 7, 1950 issue of Boxoffice: “Julian H. Hales, owner with Sam J. Regas of the new $75,000 Dos Palos Drive-In will be resident manager of the theatre. The drive-in is located in the Nylander and Sorenson subdivision on Elgin avenue just off Highway 33”. Another mention in the same issue said that “Hales formerly operated a department store in Dos Palos.”
The last Boxoffice note for this place that I could find tonight was from the July 3, 1967 issue. “Hoger Tegtmeier … operates the Dos Palos Drive-In, the Solano Theatre and Solano Drive-In in Fairfield and the Lakeport Theatre in Lakeport.”
This is incorrect!
Alleyne Ave. DID NOT EXIST WHEN THIS WAS OPEN!
on Hwy 33 across from the cemetary and JG Hardware…
1635 Elgin Ave, Dos Palos, CA 93620. Now a residential neighborhood.
Please update.
A USGS aerial photo taken April 10, 1960 showed the drive-in almost in the middle of town, southeast of the corner of Highway 33 (Elgin Avenue) and Almond Street. The modern-day equivalent would be 1624 Alleyne Ave, give or take a house or two. A 1981 aerial photo showed no trace of the drive-in.
From the Feb. 29, 1960 issue of BoxOffice: “Homer Tegtmeier, who acquired the Dos Palos Drive-In from Julian Hales, refurbished it and reopened Wednesday (24)”.