I remember seeing “My Fair Lady”, the classic Audrey Hepburn film, here with my parents in the 1960s. I never went into this place after it became an adult theater, but I do remember people making jokes about it.
My Grandparents had a farm right outside of Gilman, so I usually visited this area in the summer. During these vacations, I often hung out with my cousins. I remember seeing the movie Easy Rider here in the summer of 1969; I was ten at the time. Fortunately, my cousins were old enough to qualify as my guardians, otherwise I would not have been able to see the movie. Easy Rider was considered pretty radical for Gilman at that time. It was rated R and was about hippies, bikers and contained a lot of drug use.
I remember reading about this place on the movie listings page of the Rockford newspaper. But it was far away from where I lived in Winnebago, so I seldom went there. The only times that I considered coming to the Belford was when a show was sold out every place else.
When this was Lin’s Air Drive-In, the place was called “The Passion Pit”. Actually, I think that “passion pit” could have described all of the drive-ins back then for those who were there on dates.
I question the part about this theater in 1967. Yes, I do remember them having financial trouble around that time. So they became a second-run theater for a while. My parents had no problem with their movies being a little older, so they took advantage of their cheap tickets (only 50 cents apiece). Unfortunately, even the cheap tickets were not enough to save the Auburn, and it closed for good. I miss the days of second-run theaters. Like my parents, I don’t care if a movies has been out for awhile. I like DVDs okay, but it’s fun to get away from home once in a while.
Too bad that the Robin wasn’t repaired and reopened after the tornado. As a child, I went to the movies here with my parents. My parents didn’t have a great marriage and it was no surprise when they divorced. But they were always in a good mood when they went to the Robin, no matter what issues they had.
Saw movies here in the late 1960s. I always liked coming to the Midway!
I remember seeing “My Fair Lady”, the classic Audrey Hepburn film, here with my parents in the 1960s. I never went into this place after it became an adult theater, but I do remember people making jokes about it.
My Grandparents had a farm right outside of Gilman, so I usually visited this area in the summer. During these vacations, I often hung out with my cousins. I remember seeing the movie Easy Rider here in the summer of 1969; I was ten at the time. Fortunately, my cousins were old enough to qualify as my guardians, otherwise I would not have been able to see the movie. Easy Rider was considered pretty radical for Gilman at that time. It was rated R and was about hippies, bikers and contained a lot of drug use.
I remember reading about this place on the movie listings page of the Rockford newspaper. But it was far away from where I lived in Winnebago, so I seldom went there. The only times that I considered coming to the Belford was when a show was sold out every place else.
When this was Lin’s Air Drive-In, the place was called “The Passion Pit”. Actually, I think that “passion pit” could have described all of the drive-ins back then for those who were there on dates.
I question the part about this theater in 1967. Yes, I do remember them having financial trouble around that time. So they became a second-run theater for a while. My parents had no problem with their movies being a little older, so they took advantage of their cheap tickets (only 50 cents apiece). Unfortunately, even the cheap tickets were not enough to save the Auburn, and it closed for good. I miss the days of second-run theaters. Like my parents, I don’t care if a movies has been out for awhile. I like DVDs okay, but it’s fun to get away from home once in a while.
Too bad that the Robin wasn’t repaired and reopened after the tornado. As a child, I went to the movies here with my parents. My parents didn’t have a great marriage and it was no surprise when they divorced. But they were always in a good mood when they went to the Robin, no matter what issues they had.