Miami Drive-In
705 NW 81st Street,
Miami,
FL
33150
705 NW 81st Street,
Miami,
FL
33150
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An E.M. Loew drive-in, the Miami Drive-In was opened on February 18, 1938 with William Gargan in “Fury and the Woman”. It operated until April 5, 1979 when its final movies were Vic Morrow in “The Evictors” & Yaphet Kotto in “Monkey Hustle”. This theatre almost always ran first-run double features.
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Al Alvarez
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The Miami Drive-In opened in 1938 and was advertised as the largest drive-in in the country. It closed in 1977.
Thanks Al. E.M. Loew, Elias M.Loew 1898-1984 from Austria once owned 70 hardtop theatres and 17 drive-ins, motels, hotels, and a racetrack.One of the drive-in Motels was the 52 room Gulfstream Drive-in which has its own listing on C.T.the motel was built on both side of the drive-in screen.
My research has found that this was Florida’s first drive-in theatre.
It would be interesting to know how this location is used present day.
I have it parking 1000 cars not 600 mentioned above.{Miami Drive-in Theatres}.
This opened on February 18th, 1938. I uploaded the grand opening ad and an reprocessed USGS aerial from 1969 here.
A mixed-use, Miami-Dade County complex is just finishing up construction on the site of the Miami Drive-In. There’s a branch library, and other outposts of county government open for use. I saw films here in 1972, during my 12th school year, and a classmate worked there (which is the only reason I can recall the date). I think I saw a Godzilla film at this theatre.
Newspaper print ad added from the Miami Daily News, July 2, 1950.
Final night of operation was April 5, 1979 with “The Evictors” and “Monkey Hustle”
Grand opening ad reposted with a better quality version.