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davidcoppock commented about Mountain View Drive-In on Oct 19, 2019 at 11:51 am

Is the car wash still open? First time i have heard of a car wash at a drive-in theatre.

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davidcoppock commented about Metro Theatre on Oct 18, 2019 at 1:24 pm

On the last day, before the screening of “Gone with the wind”, there was also a screening of “The Wizard of Oz”.

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davidcoppock commented about Savoy Theatrette on Oct 18, 2019 at 1:05 pm

The seats and snack bar(and ticket office?) have been removed. There is also a hole in the Cinemascope screen(exposing the speaker stand), the frame of the screen and the curtains are still there too. The projection room(and projection portholes) and the gentlemens toilet(and ladies toilet?) are still there too.

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davidcoppock commented about Family Drive-In on Oct 17, 2019 at 5:23 am

Opened on 10/5/1951 as The Family Drive-in with “Young Daniel Boone” and “Savage splendor”.

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davidcoppock commented about Renown Theatre on Oct 16, 2019 at 4:35 pm

Opened on 15/4/1927.

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davidcoppock commented about New Broadway Theatre and Gardens on Oct 16, 2019 at 4:31 pm

The Broadway Theatre opened on 9/4/1927 with “The blackbird”.

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davidcoppock commented about Civic Theatre on Oct 16, 2019 at 4:14 pm

The Civic Theatre opened on 28/3/1936 with “Air Hawks”.

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davidcoppock commented about Premier Theatre and Summer Gardens on Oct 16, 2019 at 3:49 pm

Demolished in 1987. There is now a plaque on the footpath on the street corner where the Premier theatre and Gardens used to be(installed in september 2019?).

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davidcoppock commented about Regent Theatre on Oct 16, 2019 at 3:19 pm

Opened on 8/3/1926 with a novelty short(Sterroscopiks), and “The dark angel”.

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davidcoppock commented about Mayfair Cinema and Gardens on Oct 14, 2019 at 10:36 am

The building is now a physiotherapist(Life Ready Physio & Pilates Bicton).

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davidcoppock commented about East Drive-In on Oct 14, 2019 at 2:58 am

Opened with selected shorts(not named), and “Road to Zanzibar”.

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davidcoppock commented about Rowville Village Drive-In on Oct 13, 2019 at 2:42 pm

Opened with “Red hot and blue” and “Rear window”.

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davidcoppock commented about Lunar Drive-In on Oct 13, 2019 at 2:33 pm

“Runaway match”(“Marriage by motor”) was released in 1903.

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davidcoppock commented about Lunar Drive-In on Oct 13, 2019 at 2:31 pm

Lunar Drive-in was seen briefly on the Australian tv series “Which car” after the(host?) test drived a 50th aniversity version of the Mustang from the movie “Bullitt. At the end of the segment, the screen(unknown which screen?) was seen screening the World’s first car chase from a movie("Runaway match”, also called “Marriage by motor”.).

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davidcoppock commented about 7 & 27 Twin Drive-In on Oct 13, 2019 at 10:45 am

Opened with “Don’t make waves”, “Return of the seven”, “Corridor of blood” and “Werewolf in a girls dormitory”.

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davidcoppock commented about Northeast Drive-In on Oct 13, 2019 at 10:32 am

Opened in 1947 and closed in 1976.

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davidcoppock commented about Sundown Drive-In on Oct 13, 2019 at 6:53 am

Opened with 2 colour cartoons(not named), and “In the navy”.

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davidcoppock commented about Wyoming Drive-In on Oct 12, 2019 at 9:59 am

Why the name Wyoming(it’s a long way from the state of Wyoming)?

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davidcoppock commented about Silver Dollar 3 Drive-In on Oct 12, 2019 at 9:52 am

Opened on 6/11/1963 with “The big circus”. The opening night was free admission. Opened on 24/9/1975 on screen 1 with “Dirty Mary, crazy Larry” and “The hot rock”, screen 2 with “The Great Gatsby”, and screen 3 with “Murder on the Orient Express”.

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davidcoppock commented about Route 25 Drive-In on Oct 12, 2019 at 9:43 am

Opened with 2 cartoons(not named), “Project moonbase” and “Frontier gambler”.

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davidcoppock commented about Duke City Drive-In on Oct 12, 2019 at 9:38 am

Why the name Duke City?

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davidcoppock commented about Duke City Drive-In on Oct 12, 2019 at 9:37 am

Opened with late World news, 2 colour cartoons(“Wet paint” and “Bath day), "Best of the badmen”, and “Passage west”.

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davidcoppock commented about 66 Drive-In on Oct 12, 2019 at 9:29 am

Opened on 30/8/1949 with “Whispering Smitn”. Reopened on 24/7/1964 with “The Pink Panther” and “The best man”.

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davidcoppock commented about Metro Twin Drive-In on Oct 11, 2019 at 3:09 pm

I think it was demolished about 2 years after it closed?

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davidcoppock commented about Big Sky Drive-In on Oct 9, 2019 at 9:11 am

Is Chuck Burger or the mini golf still there accross the street.