Sunset Drive-In
1401 Neal Hawkins Road,
Gastonia,
NC
28051
1401 Neal Hawkins Road,
Gastonia,
NC
28051
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Previous Names: Friendly Drive-In
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Located on Highway 321, the Friendly Drive-In was opened by 1948 when it was operated by F.B. Griggs. In 1950 it was renamed Sunset Drive-In, still operated by F.B. Griggs. It was still open in 1970.
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The Gastonia Drive-In opened its gates on May 12, 1948 with the Marx Brothers in “A Night At Casablanca” along with an unnamed cartoon and comedy, and was renamed the Sunset Drive-In on July 14, 1950.
The Sunset did receive multiple incidents in the 1970s and 1980s, many of which were operators getting arrested for obscene movies being played on screen. The Sunset Drive-In was still open in the 1980s but was demolished in the 1990s.
The theater itself was 1401 Neal Hawkins Rd, Gastonia, NC 28056.