Reds Drive-In
17493 Carpenterville Road,
Brookings,
OR
97415
17493 Carpenterville Road,
Brookings,
OR
97415
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Previous Names: Terrace Drive-In, Ace Drive-In
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In June 1956, Boxoffice magazine reported that Raymond Pope and Dave Irvin from Coos Bay were building a drive-in north of Brookings, “just beyond South Coast mill”. It was opened in October 1956 as the Terrace Drive-In. In December 1956 it was flooded and was forced to close until 1957.
Brookings Drive-In Theater, Inc. formed in 1957, per a note in the Oregonian. It was based in Coos Bay and had Patrick A. Tappan, Larry Musil and Selom F. Burns as officers. In August that year, the Medford Mail Tribune mentioned that Musil was part owner of the “Brookings Ace Drive-In Theater”.
A 1982 aerial photo showed a drive-in immediately north of the South Coast Saw Mill on modern-day Carpenterville Road.
DriveInTheater.com includes “Reds Drive-In, Brookings” in its list of Dead Drive-Ins of Oregon.
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Michael Kilgore
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Sounds like this opened as the Terrace Drive-In.
Boxoffice, Oct. 13, 1956: “BROOKINGS, ORE. - Dave Irvine and Raymond Pope have opened the Terrace Drive-In here. The 300-car outdoor show place is equipped with RCA projection and sound items, and a screen by Songstead.”
Boxoffice, Dec. 1, 1956: “The Terrace Drive-In Theatre was flooded out in the recent heavy rains, and will be forced to discontinue business for the winter months, according to the two operators. The rains swept out a portion of the fence around the theatre, and washed out the drives into the parking area. The owners figured that the damage would be nearly impossible to fix during the season, and that their best bet would be to wait until spring and start from there. The drive-in had opened only a little over a month before the rainstorm.”