Skyway Drive-In
2879 Maysville Pike,
South Zanesville,
OH
43701
2879 Maysville Pike,
South Zanesville,
OH
43701
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On July 29, 1955, the Skyway Drive-In became headlines after a man fatally collapsed at the Skyway property. During a triple-feature, 58-year-old local resident and Cambridge, Ohio native Ralph F. McCandless was standing beside his car when he unexpectedly collapsed, face forward, in front of moviegoers. An ambulance was called to the theater site and was taken by them to the Bethesda Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Doctors confirmed that he died presumably from a fatal heart attack but was unknown what caused the heart attack.
This was located in South Zanesville.
Reopened as a twin drive-in on 19/5/1978 with on screen 1 with “Semi-tougn” and “Audrey Rose” and on screen 2 with “Hanginh on a star” and “Drive-in”. A third screen added(date unknown). Closed on 30/9/1984 on screen 1 with “Swing shift”, screen 2 with “Purple rain” and screen 3 with “Against all odds”.
Also opened with a comedy(“Contest Crazy”), and a Donald Duck cartoon(“Clown of the jungle”).