This Speaker Doesn't Work. Park Over There.

[Wee67]

Did you ever go to a Drive In movie?

By the time I was 10 or 11, the Roosevelt Drive In had been transformed into a 3-day/week flea market. Before that, though, I remember piling into whatever crappy third-hand car we had and catching a movie at the Roosevelt Drive In. My mom would outfit us in pajamas and pillows because my sister and I would usually fall asleep while my brother always stayed awake. We may have moved all around the Philly area, but the Roosevelt was the Drive In we went to.

[EMCE Hammer]

Kingman Drive-In baby - sometimes legally, sometimes not. Last one I remember seeing there is Young Frankenstein.





It was in bike distance from my house, and I would ride there early mornings and collect aluminum cans for at least a couple of years before that got old.

[Bruce Banner]

Went to our local drive-in regularly during the late 70s and early 80s.
Some of the movies I remember seeing there are:
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Jaws & Jaws 2 double bill, Orca, Smokey and the Bandit, Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica.
Loved every visit there.

[Mikey]

Loved Drive-Ins --- especially the food

My local ones were --- Ledgewood Drive-in (Ledgewood NJ) -- Newton Drive-in (Newton NJ) -- Blue Ridge Drive-in (Saylorsburg PA)

Loved them all !!!

[Nostalgiabuff]

we have 3 different ones locally. when my kids were little we went every weekend. even if we had already seen the movie. haven't gone in a few years now. it's just easier to watch at home, lol

they have been showing old movies so far this season. Empire Strikes back played recently, and Jurassic Park

[rche]

had fun there as a kid; had too much fun there as a teen.
Here in central MO, we currently have a local drive in that is pretty cool to go and watch shows at. They had a pretty booming business over the summer.

One of my favorite kid memories of drive in was watching Jason and the Argonauts from the back window of the car while the rest of the family watched Buck Rogers in the 21st century. That drive in had three different screens and I noticed the skeletons fighting Jason and was hooked even tho the scrappy tin speaker was blaring space adventure sound effects. I seem to recall it did not make that much of a difference.

[SeattleEd]

Yes. Took the girls to see Moana the Blue Fox Drive-In Theater. They loved it. Although the drive is far for us since we have to take a ferry to the island to get there (Oak Harbor, WA).

[Wee67]

Yes. Took the girls to see Moana the Blue Fox Drive-In Theater. They loved it. Although the drive is far for us since we have to take a ferry to the island to get there (Oak Harbor, WA).

did you go back when you were little SeattleEddie?

[ToyTalk]

Kingman Drive-In baby - sometimes legally, sometimes not. Last one I remember seeing there is Young Frankenstein.





It was in bike distance from my house, and I would ride there early mornings and collect aluminum cans for at least a couple of years before that got old.

Where was the Kingman Drive-in at? That sounds and looks really familiar

[YoungOnce]

Went to our local drive-in regularly during the late 70s and early 80s.
Some of the movies I remember seeing there are:
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Jaws & Jaws 2 double bill, Orca, Smokey and the Bandit, Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica.
Loved every visit there.

Gosh I loved this list. Made me smile.

My very first movie experience was at The Richmond Drive In in Richmond, KY ... Planet of the Apes. Remember seeing Godzilla Vs Megalon there too.

[EMCE Hammer]

Where was the Kingman Drive-in at? That sounds and looks really familiar

Corner of 23 and Cheshire. It's an office building now full of retina specialists.

[justzeg18]

I recently went and caught Evil Dead & I Drink Your Blood at https://www.forddrivein.com/ and I'm thinking I'm going to check out several double features or at least Jaws/Jurassic Park at https://www.us23driveintheater.com/

[Earth 2 Chris]

We had a drive-in here right outside our town. We went a few times, but it must have been when I was very, VERY young, because I don't remember which movies we saw. We still have a drive-in at the next town up. It's been showing a lot of classics, but with half-attendance in practice, it fills up 2 hours before the movies start. So far nothing they've shown has made me want to waste two hours waiting for a movie, but I'm glad they are still able to operate.

Chris

[ToyTalk]

Corner of 23 and Cheshire. It's an office building now full of retina specialists.

Yep! Been there a lot over the years. I hated to see it close down. After I joined the military and then came back, it was gone. When I first came back in 2006 I managed the Delaware Cinema in the plaza up the street on 23 for about 2 years.

[EMCE Hammer]

Yep! Been there a lot over the years. I hated to see it close down. After I joined the military and then came back, it was gone. When I first came back in 2006 I managed the Delaware Cinema in the plaza up the street on 23 for about 2 years.

I am actually headed that way later for some blood work. That plaza is looking rough these days:-(