Hilltop Drive-In
3150 Hilltop Drive,
Richmond,
CA
94806
3150 Hilltop Drive,
Richmond,
CA
94806
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This drive-in sat near what is now Hilltop Mall in Richmond. The Hilltop Drive-In opened July 4, 1963. Syufy Enterprises operated it until the early-1980’s. Their current Century 16 theatres is near this site.
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The opposite would be seeing “JEREMIAH JOHNSON” on the big screen outside.All the snow in that movie showed every crack in the Drive-in screen,drove someone like me nuts. Heck, i can spot a wad of gum on an indoor screen that no one with ever notices,Guess it comes from 7 years in the business.TLSLOEWS.remember CUE marks.Rookies today, have no idea what CUE marks are.
Yeah they dont have a Clue about the Cue marks!
Why should they its all automated.
1968 aerial at View link
I remember the Hilltop as being a cut above their neighbors the San Pablo and the Rancho, but it was brand new and shiny then. When did it open? Seen Judgment At Neurenberg there so that would place it as being open in 19961. It was a nice drive-in.
The Hilltop Drive-In opened on the 4th of July 1963 with a double feature of “Follow That Dream” and “Sergeants Three”. The original owner and operator was the Jeha Family who also ran the Park Theatre in El Sobrante. It was later acquired by the Syufy circuit who also ran the Rancho Drive-In in San Pablo.
Maybe I seen Judgment At Neurenberg at the san Pablo and not the Hilltop, if the 1963 opening date is correct.
Opened with “Follow that dream”, “Sergeants 3” and “The music man”.
Garrity Way is not the official address for Hilltop Drive-In. It was on Hilltop Drive at Hwy 40. And, the map at upper right doesn’t even come close. It’s pinpointing on Cutting Blvd. in the southern part of Richmond where the “Easter Hill” housing projects are. Try moving North about 4 miles up to Hilltop Drive where it’s between Robert Miller Drive and Shane Drive.
The approximate address for this drive in was 3150 Hilltop Dr. Please update. The box 9ffice was located where Social Security is now located on Garrity.