66 Park-In
9438 Watson Road,
Crestwood,
MO
63126
9438 Watson Road,
Crestwood,
MO
63126
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The 66 Park-In’s final night was Sunday, Oct. 17, 1993. Its final double feature was James Caan starring in “The Program” followed by Macaulay Culkin in “The Good Son.”
Independent Film Journal, May 1, 1954: “Wehrenberg Theas. have taken a 30-year lease on the land adjoining their 66 Park-In Theatre in St. L. County with plans to add more ramps and increase its capacity from 800 to 1200 cars. They have also placed order for immediate installation of an Ezell glass surface screen for this project.”
Opened with Latest news, a cartoon(not named), and “Lady Luck”.
Today, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch marked the 25th anniversary of the destruction of the 66 Park-In’s screen. I added that page to the Internet Archive, so the link should stay alive longer here.
I stumbled upon a few minutes of video shot in 1991, uploaded in 2013 to YouTube.
September 26th, 1947 grand opening ad in photo section.
Thanks for adding the pictures from Facebook for the non-Facebook users.
I just added about 5-6 photos, all courtesy of the Vintage St. Louis Facebook page.
Went there many times as a kid in the 50s and 60s….great times spent on the playground as the sun began to set and the screen flickered to life….
My brother and I started a group on Facebook dedicated to this drive-in. Had many good times there. Here’s the link to the group:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/292939616371/?fref=ts
Incredible photo! I grew up there in the 60’s and never saw what the area across Route 66 looked like before they built Crestwwod Mall. I saw “Easy Rider” there!
More pics of the 66 here: St. Louis Flashback Movie & Drive-In Theatres
Check out this posting to drive-ins.com that shows an ad from August of 1982 listing all Wehrenberg drive-ins at that time, including the 66:
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/motairw015.jpg
The name of the poster is Tim Haye. Does anyone know if he posts on this site? If so, could someone tell him to post that ad on Cinema Treasures as well…along with any other old ads he might have scanned?
All great pictures,once again thanks for putting them on.
Last night of operation was October 17, 1993 with a bill of “The Program” and “The Good Son.”
This 1972 photo is from drive-ins.com:
http://tinyurl.com/7wp277
We used to hang out there a lot in the mid-80s. We usually sat around in the back of a coworker’s pick up truck and drank beer, and we ignored some true drive in classic films: Nightmare on Elm Street, Basket Case, The Last Dragon…
If I could go back in time to 1985, one of the first things I would do is spend an evening at the ol' 66.
Here is a photo circa 1988:
http://tinyurl.com/4ssssc
Though two of the three original occupants of the shopping center are now gone, occupancy has been back at 100% for about a year. A grocery store on the site has a facsimile of the old drive-in marquee marking its video rental department. I’d still rather have the drive-in, though!
Facility opened on Sept. 26, 1947.
Built by Flexer Drive-In Theatres, and operated by that firm the first season (which ended Nov. 10).
Fred Wehenberg bought the facility early in 1948, and then operated until closing.
The designer of the venue was William Mills.