Tanner Drive-In
1900 W. Fillmore Street,
Vandalia,
IL
62471
1900 W. Fillmore Street,
Vandalia,
IL
62471
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The August 2, 1950 issue of The Exhibitor said this: “In Vandalia, Ill., the Tanner Drive-In Theatres Corporation, Pana, Ill., opened its Vandalia Drive-In. It accommodates 500 cars.”
The August 16 issue of the same journal had another item, with more information about the Tanner Circuit: “In Vandalia, Ill., Mayor Cliff Rassler participated on behalf of the city in the formal grand opening of the Tanner Drive-In just off New Route 40. Herman Tanner, who resides in Vandalia, operates the circuit’s Liberty and Lincoln.
“The circuit also has a drive-in at Pana, Ill., at the east end of East Third street and like the local drive-in is of 500-car capacity. The Tanners also operate the Roseland and Eagle, Pana, and the Palace, Nokomis, Ill.”
A more accurate address for this theater is 1900 W Fillmore St, Vandalia, IL 62471. This points directly to the drive in itself.
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This was at Fillmore and Sunset. Photo uploaded here.
In 1980, Tanner Theaters ran the Liberty Theater and Tanner DI in Vandalia, the Roseland Theater and Tanner DI in Pana and the Palace in Nokomis.