Pickwick Drive-In

1100 W. Alameda Avenue,
Burbank, CA 91506

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klebrun
klebrun on June 15, 2006 at 12:20 am

I believe this theater was also used in a car chase scene from the second season Rockford Files episode “The No-Cut Contract”. A little over 9 minutes into the episode, Rockford’s Firebird turns into the entrance to the theater and you can see the marquee advertising “The Gambler” with James Caan and “Once Is Not Enough” with Kirk Douglas. Since James Garner did most of his own stunt driving, you could see a smile on his face while he was “hill jumping” between the speaker poles in the drive in parking lot.

Knatcal
Knatcal on January 1, 2006 at 10:35 pm

In the early 1980’s my aunt worked at this drive-in and I remember going here many nights because she would get us in for free. A large retail complex with a Pavilions Market is now located on the site.

echosyst
echosyst on December 3, 2005 at 4:47 pm

Actually this drive-in is best known for being the filming location for the drive-in scene in the movie “Grease.” The great “Dancing Hot Dog” intermission trailer from Filmack plays on the screen as John Travolta sings the song “Sandy” from the playground area in front of the screen.

bill1321
bill1321 on March 28, 2005 at 5:09 am

I remember sneaking in a friends trunk to see “The Godfather.” Lived around the corner in 1958-60 and pulled out of our driveway to immediately join the line for “The Absent-Minded Professor.”

jackhicko
jackhicko on February 18, 2005 at 11:52 am

In 1985, it was only a dollar on Thursday nights. I went to see anything I could! I can only remember “Runaway” with Tom Selleck.

Meredith Rhule
Meredith Rhule on October 28, 2004 at 5:00 pm

I had to run a small clip for Micheal Landon there while he was shooting a scene from Highway To Heaven. He was a great guy. He autographed his glossy and gave it to my mother. She had it framed and displayed in her living room. :)

Daria
Daria on May 5, 2004 at 9:29 am

Hey—-I LIKED “Straight To Hell!” The Clash, The Pogues and a really bad script—-you couldn’t beat it…though we probably should have tried to…!

Donald John Long
Donald John Long on November 22, 2002 at 4:44 am

One of the last places you could see the Pickwick Drive-In is in the terrific action thriller “BLUE THUNDER” (1983) starring Roy Scheider and Candy Clark. There is an exciting chase sequence in the movie filmed partly on the ground and partly from a helicopter, and it works well in the film. The Pickwick played small roles in films before, due to its location in Burbank, but this was its last hurrah.

ChrisWillman
ChrisWillman on April 18, 2002 at 7:49 am

One of the last major events here, and no doubt one of its last full houses, was the world premiere of Alex Cox’s “Straight to Hell,” which brought out quite an interesting crowd of Hollywood hepcats, none of them paying the slightest attention to the awful film.