Thanks for the info. I think it must have been the one in Buffalo. I was old enough to know how a conventional drive-in theater worked, but not old enough to figure out “how all those little screens worked”, although I knew it was supposed to be a drive-in theater.
I just stumbled upon the mention of the Autoscope HERE earlier this evening. Otherwise, I don’t know that I’d every have remembered it on my own.
I believe the original theater DID have a balcony. It was always “off limits” when we would see movies there as kids; I don’t know if it was just closed or in poor repair. But I agree that the twin was made by splitting the auditorium in half.
Heart Drive-In was the location of a large outdoor flea market on weekends. I am not sure of the dates, but we went to the flea market for many years during the 60s, 70s and possibly 80s.
Can anyone tell me how long the single-car screens were left standing at either the Buffalo or Urbana autoscope. I grew up a few towns to the north (Warsaw) and believe I remember seeing the screens of one or the other when we would drive to Springfield. Not in operation, but still standing. That would have been in the very late 60s, the 70s and very early 80s. Am I really remembering them, or am I “projecting” a memory?
Thanks for the info. I think it must have been the one in Buffalo. I was old enough to know how a conventional drive-in theater worked, but not old enough to figure out “how all those little screens worked”, although I knew it was supposed to be a drive-in theater.
I just stumbled upon the mention of the Autoscope HERE earlier this evening. Otherwise, I don’t know that I’d every have remembered it on my own.
I believe the original theater DID have a balcony. It was always “off limits” when we would see movies there as kids; I don’t know if it was just closed or in poor repair. But I agree that the twin was made by splitting the auditorium in half.
Heart Drive-In was the location of a large outdoor flea market on weekends. I am not sure of the dates, but we went to the flea market for many years during the 60s, 70s and possibly 80s.
Can anyone tell me how long the single-car screens were left standing at either the Buffalo or Urbana autoscope. I grew up a few towns to the north (Warsaw) and believe I remember seeing the screens of one or the other when we would drive to Springfield. Not in operation, but still standing. That would have been in the very late 60s, the 70s and very early 80s. Am I really remembering them, or am I “projecting” a memory?