Skyview Drive-In

675 Decatur Highway,
Fultondale, AL 35068

Closed
1 screen
600 cars

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Backseater
Backseater on August 11, 2022 at 10:58 pm

I saw Jayne Mansfield in the original “Promises! Promises!” first-run in 1963 at the SkyView. I think it played there because it was the northernmost drive-in theater in the Birmingham area and was either outside of city jurisdiction or just too out-of-the-way to bother with. There was also a preview for “Two Thousand Maniacs” (1964), the first Gore-fest movie from Hershell Gordon Lewis and Birmingham native schlockmeister David F. Friedman. Years later going to and from Memphis, I frequently drove up and down I-65 past the SkyView. There was very little left of it but the projection/concession stand building, and you could see the big holes in the front wall where they had taken the projectors out.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 13, 2022 at 11:26 am

This opened on May 27th, 1956. Grand opening ad posted.

Kenmore
Kenmore on May 14, 2018 at 9:06 pm

A closer address (at least for Google) is 675 Decatur Hwy, Fultondale, AL. The drive-in can be clearly seen in in a 1970 aerial. A 1977 aerial shows the property to be closed.

Today, the property is partially covered by a new on-ramp to HWY 31 and the rest is an overgrown field. The projection booth/concession stand appears to still be there, although in bad condition.

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