Oddly, the “Family” drive-in went out of busines showing adult films. It was really a dirty, poorly maintained theatre as were many of the Budco chain back then. A few downtown theatres were palaces but the suburban ones were wrecks. Eric really put them out of business with their “black box”, no frills theatres at a time when the business was tough to begin with. Ultimately they both were taken out by the big consolidated chains. In the case of this D-I, it was a humane death.
I used to go there when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s. It was a GREAT large screen before the Eric chain took over and chopped it in half basically ruining one of the last big screen theaters in the area.
Oddly, the “Family” drive-in went out of busines showing adult films. It was really a dirty, poorly maintained theatre as were many of the Budco chain back then. A few downtown theatres were palaces but the suburban ones were wrecks. Eric really put them out of business with their “black box”, no frills theatres at a time when the business was tough to begin with. Ultimately they both were taken out by the big consolidated chains. In the case of this D-I, it was a humane death.
This was a great old BIG SCREEN theater left over from the early days. I saw many films there in the 70s!
I used to go there when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s. It was a GREAT large screen before the Eric chain took over and chopped it in half basically ruining one of the last big screen theaters in the area.