This theatre(then called CulverTheatre) was seen briefly(up the street from the Freeway Angels building) in an episode of Chips(season 6, episode 11 – Day of the robot).
Opened on screen 1 with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and screen 2 with “The Love Bug” and “Darby O'Gill and the little people” and screen 3 with “Easy rider” and Last Summer" and screen 4 with “Mash” and “I love you, Alice B. Toklas”.
The driveway that goes across the ramps leads to a carpark for the school(Quest Chester Academy) behind the ramps.
Opened with “Apache” and “Gorilla at large”.
Why the name Capada?
Opened on 16/11/1947 with “The egg and i”. Closed on 13/7/1956 with “Big knife” and “Unchained”.
This theatre(then called CulverTheatre) was seen briefly(up the street from the Freeway Angels building) in an episode of Chips(season 6, episode 11 – Day of the robot).
The trees along the inside of the fences are still there too.
Did you need to have a Ford car to go to this drive-in, lol!?
The drive-in may closed in 1962 when the oil operations finished? The post office closed in 1985.
The concession stand(and bio box?) might now be a hostel(Bushland Place Hostel).
The concession stand might be the bio box too? Base of screen too?
I think this site is now an office building?
The guy with the paddles could have climbed up on the roof of the snack bar?
That episode of Chips(filmed in 1982) showed the Marquee(adverising that it screened adult(XXX) movies) and the foyer and the auditorium and screen.
Opened on screen 1 with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and screen 2 with “The Love Bug” and “Darby O'Gill and the little people” and screen 3 with “Easy rider” and Last Summer" and screen 4 with “Mash” and “I love you, Alice B. Toklas”.
Why the name Elinda-ann?
Who is it haunted by?
Is there anything left of this drive-in on this site now?
150 beds and a grassed seating area. Dogs are allowed there too(not on the beds though).
150 beds and a grassed seating area.
150 beds and a grassed seating.
After closure(and before it was demolished) it was a secondhand store(Handi Plant?).
Opened with 2 colour cartoons and “The time, the place and the girl”.
Traded as Encore 1 and 2 for a few months in 1997.
After closure, the equipment was taken to the Piccadilly Theatre to be used for screen 2.
The equipment used for screen 2 came from the closed down Town Cinema.