Kilgore is right in the money. It does appear that the Midway Drive-In opened during the week of July 21, 1950. The Midway was twinned at the start of the 1983 season, but its first season as a twin didn’t start off well.
Exactly two months right after its reopening as a twin, the Midway Twin Drive-In on June 2, 1983, closed for two weeks after a complete mess by vandals destroyed the entirety of the projection room. According to investigators led by manager David Delin, its then-recently-bought two automatic projectors were smashed by one of the vandals with a hammer, and a grand total of 414,000ft of film were found destroyed, unraveled, and dumped in the office, including its intermission films and four copies of the following movies: “E.T.”, “The Sting II”, “Concrete Jungle”, and “Mausoleum”. The Midway Twin reopened after a massive cleanup and projection reinstallations on June 17, 1983.
Opened on December 21, 1979 with Don Knotts in “The Prize Fighter” in Screen 1 and Walt Disney’s “The Black Hole” in Screen 2. Both auditoriums were split in 1994 and became a quad.
The Trimble Theater opened its doors on July 15, 1930 with Helen Twelvetrees in “Swing High” along with an unnamed Pathe comedy, Pathe News, a light show, and musical performances by “The Kentuckians”, a 10-piece orchestra conducted by students at the University of Kentucky.
The Twilight Drive-In opened its gates on July 5, 1947 with Judy Garland in “Meet Me In St. Louis” (unknown if extras added, but a fireworks show was presented after the show). It was still open in 1977, but appears to have closed in the 1980s.
The Eastlake Drive-In opened in mid-1950 and closed on October 6, 1985 with “Pale Rider” and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”.
The original Walmart at the former theater’s site opened on February 2, 1993 and closed on June 12, 2013 when it was relocated a few buildings away at the site of an old Kmart which operated from November 14, 1968 until May 9, 2010.
The Palace Theatre closed as a regular movie house in 1973, but reopened as an porn theater the following year. The Palace flipped back to regular movies in 1977 but didn’t last long, closing as a movie theater the following year.
NOTE: There is another regular movie theater in Netcong called the Lakeside Theater, which closed in 1980.
On June 4, 1981, the Sands Theatre became national headlines when a station wagon (possibly a Pontiac) driven by 40-year-old Howard Thon of Alamogordo recklessly crashed into the side of the Sand Theatre’s auditorium during a showing of “Happy Birthday To Me”, killing a 17-year-old boy and injuring two others.
Closed on May 5, 2024.
It was announced in November 2024 that the UCI Cinemas Curno will close in January 2025.
Opened on June 12, 1976. Grand opening ad posted.
This started life as a twin.
Opened on December 11, 1998.
Kilgore is right in the money. It does appear that the Midway Drive-In opened during the week of July 21, 1950. The Midway was twinned at the start of the 1983 season, but its first season as a twin didn’t start off well.
Exactly two months right after its reopening as a twin, the Midway Twin Drive-In on June 2, 1983, closed for two weeks after a complete mess by vandals destroyed the entirety of the projection room. According to investigators led by manager David Delin, its then-recently-bought two automatic projectors were smashed by one of the vandals with a hammer, and a grand total of 414,000ft of film were found destroyed, unraveled, and dumped in the office, including its intermission films and four copies of the following movies: “E.T.”, “The Sting II”, “Concrete Jungle”, and “Mausoleum”. The Midway Twin reopened after a massive cleanup and projection reinstallations on June 17, 1983.
Closed in either 1997 or 1998.
Opened on December 21, 1979 with Don Knotts in “The Prize Fighter” in Screen 1 and Walt Disney’s “The Black Hole” in Screen 2. Both auditoriums were split in 1994 and became a quad.
Opened on Christmas Day 1971 with Jerry Orbach in “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight”.
I looked at Google Earth, and it appears that the theater was demolished in 2021. It was already demolished in 2022.
The actual opening date is January 30, 1947.
The Trimble Theater opened its doors on July 15, 1930 with Helen Twelvetrees in “Swing High” along with an unnamed Pathe comedy, Pathe News, a light show, and musical performances by “The Kentuckians”, a 10-piece orchestra conducted by students at the University of Kentucky.
Both auditoriums were later split into two and it became the Cinema Center 4, and was lastly known as Loews Cinema Center 4.
Edited from my April 6, 2020 (8:30 PM) comment:
The Twilight Drive-In opened its gates on July 5, 1947 with Judy Garland in “Meet Me In St. Louis” (unknown if extras added, but a fireworks show was presented after the show). It was still open in 1977, but appears to have closed in the 1980s.
There’s not a lot of detail rather than a fire that destroyed the theater on June 30, 1971. This could possibly open as far early as 1923.
First operated by Signature Theatres.
Closed on October 7, 1984 with “Roadhouse” and “Alphabet City”.
The Kmart on the former drive-in’s site opened on April 25, 1994 and closed on December 11, 2016. A Meijer now occupies the former Kmart.
The Eastlake Drive-In opened in mid-1950 and closed on October 6, 1985 with “Pale Rider” and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”.
The original Walmart at the former theater’s site opened on February 2, 1993 and closed on June 12, 2013 when it was relocated a few buildings away at the site of an old Kmart which operated from November 14, 1968 until May 9, 2010.
Opened in 1965, once operated by Walter-Reade.
Closed as a movie theater on July 28, 1978 with Burt Reynolds in “The End”.
The Palace Theatre closed as a regular movie house in 1973, but reopened as an porn theater the following year. The Palace flipped back to regular movies in 1977 but didn’t last long, closing as a movie theater the following year.
The Ledgewood Drive-In actually closed after the 1986 season.
Closed as a first-run movie theater on September 13, 1987 with Walt Disney’s “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs”.
On June 4, 1981, the Sands Theatre became national headlines when a station wagon (possibly a Pontiac) driven by 40-year-old Howard Thon of Alamogordo recklessly crashed into the side of the Sand Theatre’s auditorium during a showing of “Happy Birthday To Me”, killing a 17-year-old boy and injuring two others.