Drive-In
Warwick,
RI
02889
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The Drive-In was opened by 1956 and was still open in 1957.
Contributed by
Ken Roe
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Hey there, original contributor Ken Roe! Thanks for filling a gap here, though it would also be helpful to cite your source for this new knowledge.
My reference books pull a blank on Warwick RI in the mid 1950s. Of course, the Warwick Drive-In in Warwick NY opened in 1950 and is still active. Could this be the 500-car Loew’s Drive-In listed for adjacent Providence?
Searching The News of Newport RI for those years turned up nothing for me, even though that paper’s Where To Go column listed other RI drive-ins. A Providence paper would have been more helpful, oh well.
Of course, none of this proves a negative. Could you please give us a hint?
NeonMichael: The Drive-In in Warwick, RI is listed in the 1956 edition of Film Daily Yearbook in their list of drive-in’s (state by state). E.M. Loews Drive-In, Providence is also listed, so I presume they are two different theatres. The Drive-In, Warwick is not listed in the 1955 edition of Theatre Catalog and its not in the 1957 edition of FDY. I must have only lasted one season?
Ooops, It is in the 1957 edition of FDY.
Thanks for the source. My Motion Picture Almanacs whiffed on Warwick. Hmm…
Could it be the Cranston Auto Drive-In, just north of the Warwick city limits? Historic Aerials has a very clear photo from 1955, and so far that’s the only candidate I’ve found.
Both the Cranston Auto Drive-In and the Drive-In, Warwick are listed as seperate entries in 1956 & 1957.