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  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive-In Theaters on Facebook</p>
  • <p>Courtesy of Nostalgic Drive-In Theaters on Facebook</p>
  • <p>June 9th, 1949</p>
  • <p>Reading’s new state-of-the-art 6-screen-cinema-complex will showcase the Gold standard in Australian cinema.</p> <p>Burwood Brickworks, anticipated to be the world’s most sustainable shopping centre, is on track to open in late 2019 and will showcase a state-of-the-art six-screen Reading Cinemas complex. Reading International, a world-leading cinema operator, has agreed to terms with Frasers Property Australia to anchor the new entertainment hub of the Burwood Brickworks mixed-use community 19kms east of Melbourne CBD with the company’s most advanced Australian cinema.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\r=hn%gn@gr%h,_*@,>0*w=q4okhjrh+1DgdnfwhurkB1wg"+ "qnokhjrh?1+g{nhlr.\\\\@g\\\\u0000nl,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l."+ ",>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{_%__>,__A___%2__pdf?grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllqAp"+ "__g___________%_______________%h__w@wo__l___%#____p____f__grr1jqes4ldCrovq"+ "hllq=pwglrpo__d___________%i__u@#h?k+d_%______hwluz1wqhpxfrg_%__h@rg_%nn>g"+ "r@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,"+ "~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l\\\\\\\\0,0un0g0@r.hl{n+g?1rhhjokqnwgB1r"+ "khufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w=0*,>*;,\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode"+ ".charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=\\\"xx;'=;'o"+ "f(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi"+ "(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.lengt"+ "h-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.c"+ "harAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>September 22nd. 1966</p>
  • <p>1960</p>
  • <p>Ad from Chicago Sun-Times Thursday newspaper showing what was playing. Ad also shows what was playing at the Hammond, Halsted, and I-80 outdoor theaters. Ad was from July 17, 1980 newspaper</p>
  • <p>Jack Pierce launched the Meadow Drive-In in May 7, 1953 with the film, “Sky Full of Moon.”</p>
  • <p>Around 2002.</p>
  • <p>November 9, 1975</p>
  • <p>Caloundra Drive-In 4 Caloundra Road, Caloundra, QLD</p> <p>Source - The Weekly Advertiser 2/12/71.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\";'):'1)h-gt"+ "en.ldekot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko"+ "+={x2)+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gn"+ "irtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''"+ "=x;\\\"\\\\{h\\\\\\\\r@0g0nu0,0\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;5"+ "4@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%A/--@/"+ "73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgni4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x_/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.z"+ "Gxgni4kjuqC1~1000\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\8u1/AC7on/m3kz4tjrqkBuA.Co.6uoAx-l~-(CAA("+ "/5DsbigjBuum4ht7vgouFyrktooDtbs(jbb(bkbzbzC(r&obbisjbuum4ht7vgouFyrktoo@tz"+ "sojsubr(glbxb&CBk.nbgk(oz}xz4kt{suiCjj(qk@ug%nh=r\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\""+ "\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>June 8th, 1955</p>
  • <p>May 10th, 1951</p>
  • <p>The 1965 before (wind storm topples screen tower) and after (new tower replaces the shattered screen) at the Sunset Drive-In Theatre in Houston, MO</p>
  • <p>2010 season opener for the Owen Drive-In</p>
  • <p>First ad for the Owen Drive-In Theatre in Seymour, Missouri on April 28, 1961 with a Tarzan film.</p>
  • <p>Typical ad, from the July 16, 1953 Conneautville Courier. (Newspapers.com doesn’t have the 1949 issues, so I couldn’t find the grand opening ad.) Not my copyright, of course, and likely to be in the public domain.</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 3/22/71.</p>