Location above is in error. It was actually on old US 13 (now Front Street). Here’s an aerial photo showing the remains of it from the late ‘60s (all traces are gone today): http://www.driveins.org/va-accomac-crown.htm
It was expanded to around 200-300 cars not too long after opening, so the stockade walling around it had to go. Not much was left it by the end of the ‘90s, just the marquee (minus Fort Drive-In signage). This page has a photo of it: http://www.driveins.org/wv-harpersferry-fort.htm
The Ranch was renowned for the themed dusk-to-dawn shows that played there, especially the Halloween Horror-Thons. There’s an article written about them on that page that’s a lot of fun to read.
You have to see this page. Contains some great old photos, plus there’s a short documentary film about the Hillside and a first-person account from a guy whose dad used to manage the snackbar and thus spent much of his childhood there. http://www.driveins.org/md-coralhills-hillside.htm
You know where Babies ‘R’ Us and Marshalls are, at the north end of Festival at Waldorf? That’s where the drive-in was.
Here’s a page with a couple of shots of the old marquee: http://www.driveins.org/md-waldorf-301.htm
It had an interesting history. Ernie Price, owner of the chain, had had troubles with the law for showing X-rated movies there, but in 1982 became a born-again Christian; he closed all his drive-ins except this one, which he turned into a Christian/family drive-in called the Cross Roads. It wasn’t successful.
It’s a trailer park now. As of 2001 the snack bar/projection building was still standing among the mobile homes. This page has photos of it: http://www.driveins.org/va-buchanan-mtjoy.htm
Location above is in error. It was actually on old US 13 (now Front Street). Here’s an aerial photo showing the remains of it from the late ‘60s (all traces are gone today):
http://www.driveins.org/va-accomac-crown.htm
This page has some nice photos of the drive-in, including the marquee:
http://www.driveins.org/md-annapolis-colonial.htm
This page has a bunch of nice photos of it:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-franklin-warners.htm
The Sunset marquee hung around for a few years after the drive-in closed. This page has a photo of it:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-martinsburg-sunset.htm
The snack bar had a neat little food mural painted on the outside. See it here:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-moorefield.htm
It was expanded to around 200-300 cars not too long after opening, so the stockade walling around it had to go. Not much was left it by the end of the ‘90s, just the marquee (minus Fort Drive-In signage). This page has a photo of it:
http://www.driveins.org/wv-harpersferry-fort.htm
It had a snack bar off the back row that doubled as a roadside takeout stand. It’s still standing (albeit closed). This page has a photo:
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This page has a couple of photos:
http://www.driveins.org/md-timonium.htm
Yes, it was a massive drive-in — the back row was a full ¼-mile away from the screen.
You mean the original 1953 marquee? This page has one, plus more photos of other parts of the drive-in:
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Some nice photos (taken after it closed down) are here:
http://www.driveins.org/md-clinton-ranch.htm
Oh, a couple of vintage ads are there, too.
The Ranch was renowned for the themed dusk-to-dawn shows that played there, especially the Halloween Horror-Thons. There’s an article written about them on that page that’s a lot of fun to read.
You have to see this page. Contains some great old photos, plus there’s a short documentary film about the Hillside and a first-person account from a guy whose dad used to manage the snackbar and thus spent much of his childhood there.
http://www.driveins.org/md-coralhills-hillside.htm
That link is dead, but if it’s the photo I’m thinking it was, this page has it:
http://www.driveins.org/md-elkridge.htm
This page has a marquee photo and a dusk-to-dawn show ad. Both are from the post-porno period of the late ‘80s.
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This page has a whole bunch more photos:
http://www.driveins.org/md-oxonhill-abc.htm
You know where Babies ‘R’ Us and Marshalls are, at the north end of Festival at Waldorf? That’s where the drive-in was.
Here’s a page with a couple of shots of the old marquee:
http://www.driveins.org/md-waldorf-301.htm
Sorry to say, about every trace of it is gone now. You can see photos taken of it before it was torn down here:
http://www.driveins.org/md-churchhill-213.htm
Note: if you read anywhere about a 1990s-era Windsor Drive-in in that town, disregard it. That was a restaurant, not a theatre.
This page has a photo of the old snack bar:
http://www.driveins.org/va-galax-star.htm
It had an interesting history. Ernie Price, owner of the chain, had had troubles with the law for showing X-rated movies there, but in 1982 became a born-again Christian; he closed all his drive-ins except this one, which he turned into a Christian/family drive-in called the Cross Roads. It wasn’t successful.
This page has some cool B&W photos of the Shore from the mid-‘50s:
http://www.driveins.org/va-virginiabeach-shore.htm
This page has a much deeper history, plus both old and more recent photos:
http://www.driveins.org/va-cismont-sevenpines.htm
This page has about a half-dozen photos of the Pulaski (marquee, ticket booth, screen tower etc.) from 1960 or thereabouts:
http://www.driveins.org/va-dublin-pulaski.htm
Screen and marquee photos on this page:
http://www.driveins.org/va-richmond-plaza.htm
Hmm.. link’s dead. It’s on this page, though:
http://www.driveins.org/va-alexandria-mtvernon.htm
It’s a trailer park now. As of 2001 the snack bar/projection building was still standing among the mobile homes. This page has photos of it:
http://www.driveins.org/va-buchanan-mtjoy.htm
This page has some cool Lee Highway stuff, including a great ‘50s-vintage photo of the marquee:
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