While in Jr. high school, a friend had one of those speakers at his home. We would sit on his balcony and watch movies. It was a novel experience, but the features didn’t change often enough even in those days for middle school kids. The last movie I saw at the Oak Hills was “The Carpetbaggers”. Correction to the earlier post: conflicting not confliction.
Charlton Heston as Moses in “The Ten Commandments,” at a drive-in theater in Oak Hills, Utah, 1958. (J.R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #1950s #Utah #TBT
Very interesting. I have two photography books, one published by Life Magazine, that label the photo as Oak Hills, Utah, as if Oak Hills was a city, and the year 1958. If you look to the west, you will see the Kennecott smokestacks more to the south which would be the right angle if you were at the Oak Hills Drive. The advertisement confirms that the movie was playing at the Oak Hills when Life says the photo was taken. I do remember seeing the Ten Commandments at the Motor Vu and I’m almost sure it was in 1956. My father was bored to death. I’m not sure any of this matters. I spent a lot of very good hours at both theaters.
The Oak Hills was a separate theater from the Motor Vu. I spent a lot of time at both. Both were on the east bench of Salt Lake City and faced west toward the Great Salt Lake. The empty space behind the screen in the photo is Bonneville Golf Course, still there today, and the location relative to other landmarks in the valley confirms that that the LIFE photo is definitely the Oak Hills Drive-in. The add from the July 15, 1958 Salt Lake Tribune, posted in photos, also confirms that. Actually, the Romantic Motor Vu was a pretty cool place for a little kid because they had a small zoo.
While in Jr. high school, a friend had one of those speakers at his home. We would sit on his balcony and watch movies. It was a novel experience, but the features didn’t change often enough even in those days for middle school kids. The last movie I saw at the Oak Hills was “The Carpetbaggers”. Correction to the earlier post: conflicting not confliction.
The link to the LIFE Facebook page and their description of the photo. It appears that they are giving out confliction information.
https://business.facebook.com/LIFE/photos/a.167411356599. 121049.39308306599/10154994173386600/?type=3&theater
Charlton Heston as Moses in “The Ten Commandments,” at a drive-in theater in Oak Hills, Utah, 1958. (J.R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #1950s #Utah #TBT
Very interesting. I have two photography books, one published by Life Magazine, that label the photo as Oak Hills, Utah, as if Oak Hills was a city, and the year 1958. If you look to the west, you will see the Kennecott smokestacks more to the south which would be the right angle if you were at the Oak Hills Drive. The advertisement confirms that the movie was playing at the Oak Hills when Life says the photo was taken. I do remember seeing the Ten Commandments at the Motor Vu and I’m almost sure it was in 1956. My father was bored to death. I’m not sure any of this matters. I spent a lot of very good hours at both theaters.
The Oak Hills was a separate theater from the Motor Vu. I spent a lot of time at both. Both were on the east bench of Salt Lake City and faced west toward the Great Salt Lake. The empty space behind the screen in the photo is Bonneville Golf Course, still there today, and the location relative to other landmarks in the valley confirms that that the LIFE photo is definitely the Oak Hills Drive-in. The add from the July 15, 1958 Salt Lake Tribune, posted in photos, also confirms that. Actually, the Romantic Motor Vu was a pretty cool place for a little kid because they had a small zoo.
Please see the ad in photos from the July 15, 1958 Salt Lake Tribune.