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davidcoppock commented about Showcase Cinemas 12 on May 11, 2019 at 12:55 am

Opened witg “An innocent man” and “Lawrence of Arabia”. Is there anything on the site now?

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davidcoppock commented about North Side Twin 1 & 2 on May 11, 2019 at 12:50 am

Opened as a twin on screen 1 with “Luv” and “Watermelon man” and screen 2 with “Move” and “The only game in town”.

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davidcoppock commented about 22nd Avenue Drive-In on May 11, 2019 at 12:33 am

Is the only segregated drive-in theatre in the World?

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davidcoppock commented about Golden Glades Twin Drive-In on May 11, 2019 at 12:07 am

Opened (after a barn dance) with “The court-martial of Billy Mitchell” and “New York confidential”.

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davidcoppock commented about Turnpike Drive-In on May 11, 2019 at 12:00 am

Rcgaine, was the screening that night cancelled after you dad got killed in the auto accident?

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davidcoppock commented about Chief Drive-In on May 10, 2019 at 11:53 pm

Opened as the Chief Drive-in with a colour cartoon(not named), and “The Virginian”.

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davidcoppock commented about Glendale 9 Drive-In on May 10, 2019 at 10:22 am

There is also a swap meet there too(according to one of the photos in the photos section).

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davidcoppock commented about Squaw Drive-In on May 10, 2019 at 10:17 am

Are the areas to the left and right of the screen in the photo going to be repainted too? What a mural, wow!!

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davidcoppock commented about Glendale 9 Drive-In on May 10, 2019 at 6:09 am

Opened on screen 1 with “The great train robbery” and “Rocky 2” and screen 2 with “Jaws” and “The car” and screen 3 with “101 dalmations” and “The love bug” and screen 4 with “Superman” and “The deep” and screen 5 with “Butch and sundance the early years” and “The Duchess and Dirtwater Fox” and screen 6 with “Deer hunter” and “The boys in Company c” and screen 7 with “Game of death” and “Circle of iron”.

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davidcoppock commented about Big Sky Drive-In on May 10, 2019 at 5:33 am

Opened as Tab Drive-in with some cartoons(not named), “Jubal” and “Littlest outlaw”. Opened as as Vale Drive-in with “Jack Slade” and “Panhandle”.

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davidcoppock commented about Wiki-Wow Drive-In on May 9, 2019 at 7:45 am

Odd name!! Why the name Wiki-Wow?

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davidcoppock commented about Rapallo Theatre on May 7, 2019 at 2:42 am

Opened as the Empress with “Into the jungle” and “a romance of the border”.

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davidcoppock commented about Event Cinemas on May 7, 2019 at 2:19 am

Opened on 8/1/1977 on the site of the old Trocadero Ballroom with the World premieres of “Eliza Fraser” and “Barney” “The Eagle has landed” and the Australian prenieres of “Silent movie”, “The Pink Panther strikes again” and “Cousin, Cousine"and "The Omen. Opened with 4382 seats.

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davidcoppock commented about Dix Drive-In on May 6, 2019 at 8:55 am

Why the nane Dix?

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davidcoppock commented about Tally Ho Theatre on May 6, 2019 at 8:54 am

Odd name!! Why the name Tally Ho?

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davidcoppock commented about Green Acres Cinemas on May 6, 2019 at 8:44 am

No longer the place to be!!

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davidcoppock commented about Malta Drive-In on May 6, 2019 at 7:18 am

Why the name Malta?

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davidcoppock commented about Auto Vision Drive-In on May 6, 2019 at 7:15 am

Opened on 23/5/1940 with selected shorts(not named), “Birth of the movies” and “The Wolf of New York”. First drive-in in the world to have individual car speakers and volume control, reopening in may 1946 with “Soringtime in the Rockies” and “Abbot & Costello in Hollywood”. Closed in 1979. Demolished(date unknown). Site is now a portable storage trailer rentals, and a cell phone tower. The entrance road may still be there?

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davidcoppock commented about Meadows Drive-In on May 5, 2019 at 6:49 pm

Opened with some colour cartoons(not naned), “Lord of the jungle”, and “The private war of Major Benson”.

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davidcoppock commented about Forty-Niner 6 Drive-In on May 5, 2019 at 8:04 am

Reopened as 49er with “The mask” and ‘Wonders of Aladdin", reopened as as a twin on screen 1 with “The conqueror worm” and “The oblong box” and on screen 2 with “Rosemary’s baby” and “Goodbye, Columbus”.

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davidcoppock commented about Southgate Indoor Outdoor Theater on May 5, 2019 at 6:58 am

Opened with “Please don’t the daises” and “The unsinkable Molly Brown”.

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davidcoppock commented about Sky View Drive-In on May 5, 2019 at 6:50 am

The 2 screens both opened with “Jessica” and “Birdman of Alcatraz”(in different orders).

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davidcoppock commented about Big Cinemas-Movie City on May 4, 2019 at 10:26 pm

Opened on different screens with “Born on the fourth of july”, “Stella”, “War of the Roses”, “Back to the future”. “Enemies: a love story”, “Mad house”, “Blood of heroes”, and “Little mermaid”.

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davidcoppock commented about Movie City on May 4, 2019 at 10:18 pm

Opened on different screens with “Capricorn one”, “Coming home”, “High anxiety”, “Saturday night fever”, and “Close encounters of the third kind”.

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davidcoppock commented about Menlo Park Twin Cinema on May 4, 2019 at 10:11 pm

Opened as a twin with on screen 1 with “The front” and screen 2 with “A clockwork orange”. Markp, do you remember what movies were playing on tne last day of operation of this cinema?