Drive-In Theatres

[Sandy G]

I don't remember the flick, but a bunch of my friends & I piled into my '67 Lincoln Convertible sedan & went to the only local drive-in around '85 or so...One of those guys is gone now, & so is the drive-in.

[cmb3366]

It was a double feature, Nutty Professor II, and Coyote Ugly. Both bad movies.

Year was 2000, I was 13

There's a drive-in just down the road from my house about 5 miles, 'Unadilla Drive-in" its been there since the 60's, in continious operation. I guess its kind of an anacronism this day in age, but its still pretty popular around here (we're out in the sticks quite a ways) as you can go with a carload of people/friends and see a double feature for next to nothing. About the only change they've made to the place since the old days is an FM transmitter, other than that, its just like going back in time.

[70salesguy]

"101 Dalmations" - 1961 or 62. I also remember going to see a double feature of "Thunder Road" & "Thunder in Carolina".

We still have 2 drive-in movies here in the county where I live and another one in the next county.

My brother is 6 years older than I and when he was a teenager, he was brotherly enough to take me with him to see a lot of Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns!

As a teenager, I had my share of "date nights" in my 66 GTO at the local drive-in. Great times!

One night a guy came up to the window of my car and said to me "hey mister, every time you kiss your girl you hit the brake pedal and the flashing lights make it hard to see the movie!"

After that, I installed a cut-off switch for my brake lights!

[Rome]

Originally Posted by 70salesguy

One night a guy came up to the window of my car and said to me "hey mister, every time you kiss your girl you hit the brake pedal and the flashing lights make it hard to see the movie!"

After that, I installed a cut-off switch for my brake lights!

Ahhh the memories in my 72 VW Superbeetle!
Nice sentiment 70 SG!

Rome

[Eric H]

The first one I can recall was "Pinocchio in Outer Space" in 1964.
I watched it at the Bar-Len Drive In outside of Barstow on Rt 66.

As embarrassing as it is to admit I remember it well because it scared the hell out of me!

[Wornears]

I can't remember the first flick with my parents -- they loved the drive-in -- but I worked at the "54 Drive-In" in Wichita, KS in junior & high school ('67-'69). Had a psycho for a boss (Mr. Amick), but what a cultural education that job was!

One disadvantage of working at a drive-in and trying to see a movie is that you only get bits and pieces of it. It took me years to see "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" in a single sitting.

[danj]

I remember snippets of a movie that I saw with my cousin Charlotte and her boyfriend back in the late 50s. I think it was called "The Leech Woman" or something like that. The first movie I recall completely must have been "The Hanging Tree." It starred Gary Cooper and was from 1959 or 60.

That would have been at the Redwood Drive-In out off the Redwood Highway a few miles outside of Grants Pass, OR. I saw lots of movies there and have many fond memories of the place.

[crytklmass]

I can't recall my first movie. At that age I was still getting in for free and falling asleep in the car. I remember watching Last Dragon, some Bruce Lee Movies and bloodsport when it was first introduced. We still have a drive in theater. But I wouldn't suggest going there unless your in a military A.P.C. it's a drug dealers and crack heads.
Bad neighborhood. It's too bad someone couldn't leave an old theater with a huge screen. I would pay more for the movie, now they squeeze 6 screens into a theater that was once 1 screen. I bet some home theaters have larger screens. and at $10.00 per person, it's expensive. For alittle extra I'll go to IMAX.

[outshined]

Originally Posted by danj

That would have been at the Redwood Drive-In out off the Redwood Highway a few miles outside of Grants Pass, OR. I saw lots of movies there and have many fond memories of the place.

I've been to the Redwood many times in the late '70's, early '80's. Had a '71 Camaro. That was a great town back then. Don't know about now?

I can't remember which movie I saw with my parents as a kid. It was at The Sunset Drive In on the Island.

They had some kiddie rides up front, below the screen. Those were great times. Me and my brother would be dressed in pajamas. I remember waking up in my dad's arms when we got home.

[hifinotmy]

Don't remeber the first time or the movie but I do recall as I was older driving in thru the Exit & getting in for Free at the Gratiot Drive-in.
Now a Strip Mall!!!

[Chazb11]

Man, that would be going way too far back for me to remember. It would have to have been in the late 50's and would likely be a Disney movie, but I remember seeing most of the films mentioned so far...except Pinocchio in outer space, I must have missed that piece of genius!

[pmsummer]

First one I can remember was Audie Murphey's "To Hell and Back".

[f1 fan]

I went with my parents to see Patton......we still have Drive-In`s around the area.

[electronjohn]

"Donovan's Reef" at The Corral in South St. Paul, MN. My Dad was John Wayne's biggest fan. We went often...hit the White Castle on the way for a sack and it was off to the movies. There's one about 30 miles from me that'll be opening soon...think we'll hit it a few time this summer.

[AnalogDigit]

It was Beneath the Planet of the Apes at the Oasis Drive Inn in Des Plaines. Now it's a trailer park with the original marquee still up.

I still go to drive in's. Nothing like it on a warm summer night. There are still drive-in's around the Chicago area. The McHenry Outdoor Theater in McHenry The Cascade in West Chicago and the Keno in Kenosha Wisconsin. Two years ago, I went to a dusk to dawn showing at the Midway near Dixon Illinois with my girlfriend who lives in Freeport. We seen Grease, Smokey and the Bandit, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers and Stripes. Great fun!