Starlite Drive-In
Water Street and Starlite Street,
Summerside,
PE
C1N 0N7
Water Street and Starlite Street,
Summerside,
PE
C1N 0N7
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Still listed in the 1985 Canadian Film Digest Yearbook, saying that the Parkview Tourist Corporation Limited was its operator, who also operated the Kingsway Drive-In in Montague, the Cavendish Drive-In in Cavendish, the Parkview Drive-In in Brackley Beach, and the Princess Pat Drive-In in Alberton at the time.
Still open in the 1970s, but most likely closed in the early-1980s.
Definitely looks like a small drive-in. Around 200 cars sounds right.
This was located on Water Street and Starlite Street on the east side of Summerside. 1967 Topographic map posted.
The Starlite Drive-In opened its gates on August 6, 1951 with Shirley Temple in “The Story Of Seabiscuit” along with a few unnamed shorts (all in color).
Billboard, Sept. 13, 1952: “L. W. Ellis, of Summerside, P. E. I., is owner-manager of the Starlite Drive-In near Summerside. Spot was started by R. Pope and Ellis.”
the regent, the captiol, the mack are 3 other theaters that were open
in pei only the mack is still open
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this place has been demolished, all the equipment and two rusty cars a 1962 Corvair and a 1967 dodge dart has been pushed behind the screen. The foundation for the screen is still there, there is a small room in the foundation that still exists, the screen is gone and the field is completely grown over. They used a RCA sound system and before they closed they were transmitting on the radio and had done away with the drive-in speakers. They were using carbon arc projectors right up until they closed. The lot of land that the drive in was on will be a suburb by 2014.
The life of this drive was 1965 to 1982 roughly.