Lakeshore Drive-In

1000 N. State Road 7,
Margate, FL 33313

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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on December 7, 2020 at 10:00 am

This became the Lakeshore in 1968.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on December 7, 2020 at 4:09 am

Opened with “Farewell to arms” and “310 to Yuma”.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on May 7, 2017 at 10:19 pm

That was the best one I could find. Look at the car ramps and which way they go. There was four parking fields there.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on May 7, 2017 at 9:19 pm

Hmmn. Can you tell how you see that from that muddy pic?

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on May 7, 2017 at 9:10 pm

Just uploaded an aerial from 1979 showing four screens..

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on May 7, 2017 at 8:18 pm

Three screens in 1971. Four from 1972 to 1985.

Jimmsm
Jimmsm on May 7, 2017 at 6:02 pm

The very best drive in. My favorite. Good neighborhood, friendly staff….I saw tons of movies here. I only remember two screens but what great memories. Two thumbs WAY UP.

rivest266
rivest266 on March 4, 2017 at 5:20 pm

Did this opened as Margate Drive-In on May 23rd, 1958? If so, Then the grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.

FloridaDriveIns
FloridaDriveIns on December 12, 2011 at 7:39 pm

Video from 1997: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3bqORshJfg

sporridge
sporridge on August 14, 2008 at 6:11 pm

Drive-in movies ceased in 1984 (second-run 99 cent admission by then), but the Lake Shore (two words) site remained home to the Lake Shore Motel (guests once had free access to movies) and Margate Swap Shop (smaller complement to Henn’s Sunrise Blvd. colossus). Margate’s Community Redevelopment Agency acquired the property in 2006, as part of the Margate Town Center redevelopment corridor.

Primary memory: an early 70s revival of “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” crammed onto the Lake Shore’s tiniest screen (of corrugated metal).

UA would open an eightplex around the corner a couple years later (Movies at Margate, itself long since demolished for a Wal*Mart).

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on August 11, 2008 at 2:54 pm

Also known as the Margate Drive-In.

Harvey
Harvey on June 26, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Article on Preston Henn, Miami Drive-In mogul here.