Moonlite Drive-In
1190 Shoemaker Avenue,
West Wyoming,
PA
18644
1190 Shoemaker Avenue,
West Wyoming,
PA
18644
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Previously operated by: Milgram Theaters
Functions: Movies (First Run)
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An inexpensive drive-in with a good snack bar. The Moonlite Drive-In was opened in 1951. By 1955 it was operated by James Rizzo & Milgram Theaters. It closed in 1988. It is due to be reopened in June 2019, but that deadline passed due to a lack of permits, which had been approved by August 2019. It reopened October 4, 2019
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That great news, that a former Cascade projector will enable the Moonlite to reopen this June, is from an April 9, 2019 article by Denise Allabaugh in The Citizens Voice. There’s a nice image gallery there including close-ups of the unrestored marquee.
That Citizens' Voice story said that the Moonlite had been closed for 32 years, which would mean that it closed in 1987.
When did it open? So far, my guess is 1951. The Moonlite’s first Theatre Almanac appearance was in the 1952 edition, exec: James Rizzo.
The first appearance in the Motion Picture Almanac series was in the 1951-52 edition as the Moonlight Drive-In, capacity 100, owner Wm. Kopelo. In 1960, the capacity was updated to 350 and the owner to J. Rizzo. In 1972, the spelling was finally corrected to Moonlite and the capacity upped to 375, then to 400 in 1977. And that’s how it stayed through the final MPA list in 1988.
Looks like it will be a beautiful theater again.
It opened two days after your post Ken Layton according to there website please list as open
They haven’t actually reopened but they finally got the permits to do so
I saw a story on a facebook group (cant remember the name) that this theatre is scheduled to open this weekend Oct 4.
Wishing The Moonlite Di The Best for their Opening Weekend!
hope somebody can get some current pictures of the theater when it opens!
Congrats to the owners of the Moonlite for bringing it back to life! Being a Pennsylvanian (from Pittsburgh), the Moonlite is now one of three drive-ins in my home state that I have to visit for the first time, the others being the Sky Vu in Gratz and the Mahoning in Lehighton. Come next spring, I’m going to plan a road trip to visit all three during the summer.
The original closing date is August 14, 1988 with “Big” and “License To Drive”.