Starlit Drive-In
307 Harmon Street,
Glendive,
MT
59330
307 Harmon Street,
Glendive,
MT
59330
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Previous Names: Star-Lite Drive-In
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The Star-Lite Drive-In was opened in 1951 and was listed in the 1950-1951 edition of Theatre Catalog as being operated by Lewis W. Moore who also had opened the Skylark Drive-In in 1951. By 1955 it was operated by Bob & Bill Johnson. It was later renamed Starlit Drive-In. It was demolished in 1965, but was still listed in the 1970 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
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Moving these over from Glendive’s Skylark page. I haven’t seen any owner info that wasn’t the Johnsons.
Boxoffice, June 3, 1950: “GLENDIVE, MONT. – Bob and Bill Johnson have opened the new Star-Lit Drive-In, first local outdoor theatre. The theatre accommodates 300 cars.”
Boxoffice, May 19, 1958: “GLENDIVE, MONT. – Bill Johnson, owner of the Star-Lit Drive-In announced the purchase of the theatre by Henry Hochhalter of Hardin for about $45,000.”
The 1951 Film Daily Year Book listed both the Skylark and the “Star-Lite” under Glendive.
The Oct. 5, 1952 edition of the Glendive Daily Ranger noted that “The San Francisco Story” was playing at the Star-Lit Drive-in Theater, and “Room For One More” was showing at the Skylark Outdoor Theatre.
A vandalism report put the Star-Lit’s neon sign “just west of the Yellowstone River bridge”. That matches the position of a drive-in shown in a 1956 aerial photo. By 1965, it had been razed. Its modern-day position is just east of the parking lot of a grocery store at 307 Harmon St.