Western Star Drive-In
414 E. Irwin Avenue,
Buckeye,
AZ
85326
414 E. Irwin Avenue,
Buckeye,
AZ
85326
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Although the screen is still intact in a 1970 photo, the concession stand/projection booth appears to be gone with only the foundation remaining.
via Christine Larson, administrator for the Buckeye Public Library:
According to the Buckeye Valley News, the theatre opened on Friday, August 26, 1955 showing, “Rear Window,” starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly and “Arrowhead,” with Charlton Heston and Kathy Jurado. Robert Young, who formerly operated drive-in theatres in Colorado was the proprietor of the enterprise which was located on South 5th Street at Irwin. The theatre included speakers to accommodate 200 cars with room to grow. There was a building which housed the projection equipment, snack bar and washrooms. The 85’x40’ screen accommodated the wide cinemascope pictures.
Boxoffice, Oct. 5, 1957: “The Western Star Drive-In has been reopened by the Long circuit after reconstruction of the screen which was destroyed in a windstorm last spring. Bill Kee, manager, said the new screen was anchored in foundations of concrete.”