According to drive-ins.com, the White Horse Drive-in opened on 22/5/1950 with “"The Barkleys of Broadway”. Closed in 1983. Demolished in 1996. There was home in the screen tower. The exit offramp to Whitehouse Road runs through the middle of the former druve-in site. One of the back corners is now a Quality Oil gas station.
Also opened with a cartoon and shorts(not named). Opened as Urbana Multiscope Drive-in. Closed at the end of the 1955 season. Reopened on 9/5/1957 as Urbana Autoscope Drive-in with a cartoon and selected short(not named) and “Great day in the morning”. Date of reclosure unknown?
Opened as Motor-in with a cartoon comedy(not named), and “The Sullivans” and “Four girls in a jeep”. Renamed Midway Drive-in and opened with “Sitting pretty” and “Midnight serenade”. Opened as Midway 2 with on screen 1 with “Thunderball” and “You only live twice” and “Stranger in town” and screen 2 with “It’s a mad, mad, mad mad World” and “True grit”.
Opened with “Birth of the blues”.
Opened with a cartoon(not named), news, a short film(March of time), and “The voice of the turtle”.
1000 cars.
Why the name White Horse?
According to drive-ins.com, the White Horse Drive-in opened on 22/5/1950 with “"The Barkleys of Broadway”. Closed in 1983. Demolished in 1996. There was home in the screen tower. The exit offramp to Whitehouse Road runs through the middle of the former druve-in site. One of the back corners is now a Quality Oil gas station.
Why the name Belmont?
Whats the name of the highway? Whats the carpark for?
Also opened with a cartoon and shorts(not named). Opened as Urbana Multiscope Drive-in. Closed at the end of the 1955 season. Reopened on 9/5/1957 as Urbana Autoscope Drive-in with a cartoon and selected short(not named) and “Great day in the morning”. Date of reclosure unknown?
Opened and closed in 1997.
When it reopened as Highway 65 Drive-in, it had 250 cars.
Opened on 5/8/1960 with “The giant of marathon”. 400 cars.
Also has a horseshoe pit(possibly unique?).
Original screen destroyed by a storm in 1998.
The snack bar is still standing amongst an empty field.
350 cars.
Closed in 1982.
Opened as Motor-in with a cartoon comedy(not named), and “The Sullivans” and “Four girls in a jeep”. Renamed Midway Drive-in and opened with “Sitting pretty” and “Midnight serenade”. Opened as Midway 2 with on screen 1 with “Thunderball” and “You only live twice” and “Stranger in town” and screen 2 with “It’s a mad, mad, mad mad World” and “True grit”.
May also have been called Hilltop Karvu Drive-in?
Is there anything on the drive-in site now?
Opened with “The wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” and “In search of the castaways”.
Second screen opened in 2007. 500 cars.
Closed in 1985.
600 cars.
Opened with “Hellfighters”
400 cars.