Sandpoint Drive-In

477955 U.S. Highway 95,
Ponderay, ID 83852

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Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on November 10, 2018 at 9:09 pm

The flyer would be great..you could scan it and put it on your desk top. In the photos section where it says add photo. Just click on that and find it on your desktop and submit it. Or you could take picture of it and put that on your desk top. Do same thing..

jodylee92
jodylee92 on November 10, 2018 at 8:50 pm

I have 1956 flyer for the fall season saying “Thank you for a wonderful season” at the Motor Movie Drive-In. Other side has my Dad’s name and the date. I also have a newspaper clipping from when Dad resigned the Panida and Motor Movie to form Sandpoint Realty and Insurance. Not clear on how to add those files, or if you’d want them.

Dad had lots of funny stories from the Motor Movie days and the promotions he did to get people out there. He still talked about it when he was 100.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on November 10, 2018 at 7:55 pm

jodylee92..Do you have anymore pictures of the drive-in to share?

jodylee92
jodylee92 on November 10, 2018 at 4:02 pm

Correction: My father, Dale A Lee was the first manager of the Motor Movie Drive-In. I have newspaper clippings and flyers from the Drive-In to prove it. Plus I was there. Mayor Gray became manager later, early 60s.

I have corrected this before. Please change your records.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 10, 2018 at 1:05 am

Opened with three colour cartoons(not named), and “Broken arrow”.

Kenmore
Kenmore on November 6, 2018 at 10:08 am

Today, the property is a private residence. You can still see the outline, ramps, and screen foundation clearly.

A building of the same size and shape sits in the same location as the projector booth/concession stand, but does not have the typical holes found with such a building. So, it may be the same, remodeled, or a whole new building.

jwmovies
jwmovies on September 11, 2016 at 2:02 am

Correction: 477955 U.S. Highway 95.