Ecorse Drive-In
21366 Ecorse Road,
Taylor,
MI
48180
21366 Ecorse Road,
Taylor,
MI
48180
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The Ecorse Drive-In opened on April 22, 1951 with Joan Fontaine in “September Affair” & Steve Cochran in “Highway 301”. It opened as a single screen drive-in with a capacity for 1,000 cars. Around 1970 a second screen was added. The screen was destroyed by a tornado on July 16, 1980 and it was rebuilt. The Ecorse Drive-In closed in 1985.
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Here is a link:
http://www.michigandriveins.com/detail.asp?id=92
A rendering of the Ecorse Drive-In appeared in the February 17, 1951, issue of Boxoffice. The architect was Ted Rogvoy. The Ecorse was built for Charles Komer’s Community Theatres circuit.
The site is now a small strip mall called Taylor Commons which opened in 1991, according to real estate listings. Most of the strip is now vacant, but a Taco Bell, McDonald’s and Applebee’s are all in the parking lot.
April 22nd,1951 grand opening ad in photo section.
Anyone remember the storm of July 16, 1980? If I remember correctly it destroyed the screen of the Ecorse Drive In and it had to be rebuilt.
Photos of the destroyed screen from July 1980 can be seen here….
http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/driveintheaters.aspx?id=100&Type=1