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50sSNIPES commented about Martinsville Drive-In on Apr 7, 2020 at 2:29 am

Opening On May 17th, 1950.

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50sSNIPES commented about Skyvue Drive-In on Apr 7, 2020 at 1:22 am

The Skyvue Drive-In Of Oneonta Opened Its Gates On May 13th, 1955 With “The Long Long Trailer”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Autovue Drive-In on Apr 7, 2020 at 12:24 am

The Autovue (Auto Vue) Drive-In In Spokane According To The Spokesman-Review Opened Its Gates In June 1946.

I Can’t Find A Closing Date To The Audiovue, But Was Still In Operation Since 1981 With First-Runs.

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50sSNIPES commented about Sunrise Cinema 5 on Apr 5, 2020 at 5:42 pm

As Of 1990, The Sunrise Cinema 5 Didn’t Appear In Newspapers Mainly, But Still In Operational. The Sunrise Also Contained A Police Report On November 16th, 1995 Before It Finally Closed Its Doors Sometime In The Late 1990s After The Theater Tried To Bring More Workers In 1997.

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50sSNIPES commented about Front Drive-In on Mar 31, 2020 at 2:38 pm

I Checked On Other Websites, It Did Close In 1963.

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50sSNIPES commented about Hoosac Drive-In on Mar 30, 2020 at 10:54 pm

The Hossiac Drive-In Only Lasted For At Least 17 Years. In Early September 1967, The Hossiac Drive-In Ended Up Showing Their Last First-Run Film. The Theater Ended Up Closing In October 1967 Because The Hossiac Did Not Had A Huge Success Running Horror Films For An Entire Month. The Theater However Sat Abandoned For Decades.

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50sSNIPES commented about Front Drive-In on Mar 29, 2020 at 3:13 am

I Can’t Find A Lot Of Information About The Front Drive-In. But All I Remember Is In 1965, The Front Doubled The State’s Offer. But I Can’t Find Anything About The Front Drive-In Ever Since 1964. I Think They Closed It After The 1963 Season Or Something Else….

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50sSNIPES commented about Rio Theatre on Mar 29, 2020 at 2:59 am

I Heard There Is Another Theater In Columbus Called The New Era Theatre Which Operated When The Rio Theatre Is The Orpheum Theatre.

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50sSNIPES commented about Lakewood Theatre on Mar 29, 2020 at 2:52 am

Sorry About The Top-Right.

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50sSNIPES commented about Batesville Drive-In on Mar 28, 2020 at 11:49 pm

I Can’t Find Even A Grand Opening Ad Of The Batesville Drive-In. But The Earliest Photo I Can Find Is A Showing From July 8th, 1955.

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50sSNIPES commented about Tower Theater on Mar 28, 2020 at 10:54 pm

Its On The Top-Left.

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Triangle 4 on Mar 28, 2020 at 7:29 pm

November 1973

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Triangle 4 on Mar 28, 2020 at 7:29 pm

1973

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50sSNIPES commented about Eagle Drive-In on Mar 28, 2020 at 3:03 pm

On September 5th, 1969, The Screen Tower Was Caught On Fire. But Afterwards, A New Screen Was Added And Reopened Later On. However At A Time, The Theater Itself Won A Legal Battle To Continue Showing X Films.

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50sSNIPES commented about Crystal Lake Drive-In on Mar 28, 2020 at 12:33 am

On June 28th, 1955, The Crystal Drive-In Installed McHenry County’s Second CinemaScope Screen (The First Being The Miller Theatre In Woodstock On January 28th, 1954).

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50sSNIPES commented about Woodstock Theatre on Mar 28, 2020 at 12:30 am

The Miller Theatre Is Known To Be The Largest Theater In McHenry County Throughout The Years. As Of January 28th, 1954, The Miller Theatre Is Known To Be The First Theater In McHenry County To Install CInemaScope.

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50sSNIPES commented about Regal Crystal Lake Showplace Stadium 16 on Mar 27, 2020 at 8:56 pm

This Theater Replaced A 7-Screener Called The Showplace 1-7 (Opened: September 1973 As A Twin, Converted To A Quad In 1978, Converted Into 7-Screens In 1987, And Closed In Early 1996) Which Will Have Its CinemaTreasures Page Soon.

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50sSNIPES commented about Twixt Town Drive-In on Mar 27, 2020 at 5:24 pm

The Twixt Town Drive-In Only Lasted For 25 And A Half Years Until Closing On March 26th, 1978 After A Fire Destroyed The Interior Of The Concession Stand.

From 1970 Until Its Closure In 1978, It Was Owned And Operated By Vince And Mary DeLoran.

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50sSNIPES commented about SouthSide Works Cinema on Mar 27, 2020 at 1:31 am

As Of March 9th, 2020, The SouthSide Works Cinema Will Close Its Doors, And Convert Into Office Space Soon According To WTAE Channel 4.

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50sSNIPES commented about Collins Road Drive-In on Mar 26, 2020 at 9:15 pm

The Collins Road Drive-In Is Closed In 1984.

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50sSNIPES commented about Broadway Drive-In on Mar 26, 2020 at 8:36 pm

The Broadway Drive-In Closed Sometime In The Early 1980s (As Late As I Can Find Information As Of 1982). They Closed It For Good After A 911 Call. The Patient Was Transported By AAA Ambulance To The Hospital.

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50sSNIPES commented about State Drive-In on Mar 26, 2020 at 7:06 pm

Actually, The State Drive-In (Missoula) Opened Its Gates On July 12th, 1949 With RKO’s “Blood On The Moon”. It Was Owned And Operated By Conrad Shelhamer (Mr. And Mrs.???). During Its Last Couple Of Years, The State Drive-In Was Operated By Mann Theatres Until Its Closure In 1975.

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50sSNIPES commented about Stout Theatre on Mar 26, 2020 at 6:48 pm

Unfortunately, I Accidentally Added Another Orpheum Theatre Here On Accident Because I Accidentally Went On The Michigan Page Instead Of The Wisconsin Page… Well The Location Originally Had A Capacity Of 465 As Of Its Coming Soon Ad From July 1914. However According To The Dunn County News Said That The Orpheum Once Caught On Fire A Couple Of Months Before Renaming To The Stout In 1949.

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50sSNIPES commented about Ritz Theatre on Mar 24, 2020 at 7:32 pm

In Late February 1954 Or Early March 1954, The Ritz Installed CinemaScope.

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50sSNIPES commented about Anthony Drive-In on Mar 22, 2020 at 2:44 pm

The Bennington Drive-In Is Closed Sometime In The Early 1980s With A Confusing Moment.