Grove Drive-In
355 W. Theater Lane,
Hermiston,
OR
97838
355 W. Theater Lane,
Hermiston,
OR
97838
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The Grove Drive-In was opened on September 17, 1949 and operated by L.A. Moore. The opening movie was Red Skelton in “The Fuller Brush Man”. It was closed on September 3, 1989 with Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” & Bill Murray in “Ghostbusters II”. This drive-in was demolished in May 2003.
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This was originally opened as the Grove Drive-In in 1948. It was then opened by Moore Theaters in 1969, who then made the name change. The Hermiston Stadium 8 is now in its place.
The screen was pretty big.
From the Oct. 22, 1949 issue of BoxOffice:
HERMISTON, ORE. – L. A. Moore has opened Hermiston’s first drive-in theatre. Construction is not complete, but is sufficiently far along to permit operation, Moore said. The drive-in is located one-half mile north of town on a ten-acre tract which the Moore’s purchased nearly ten years ago for the purpose.
Now Goodwill and Hermiston 8 Cinemas. Please update.
Amazingly enough, a strip of the drive-in is still visible, including the screen foundation just to the west of the Hermiston Cinema.
The Grove Drive-In Theatre launched September 17, 1949 by L.A. Moore with “The Fuller Brush Man” on the big screen. It closed as the Grove Drive-In Theatre on September 4, 1989 with a double-feature of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and “Ghostbusters II”.