Motor-In Drive-In

Salida’s Motor-In’s first appearance in the Film Daily Year Book’s drive-in lists was the 1949 edition. It was the Motor-In in the 1948-49 Theatre Catalog, but the next edition called it the Modesto Motor In, capacity 443, owned by the Lippert circuit. By 1952, the Catalog called it the Modesto D. I., capacity 573. (In the 1955-56 edition, the Catalog gave up and just called it Drive In.)

The first Motion Picture Almanac drive-in list for the 1950-51 book included the Motor-In, capacity 400. It remained the Motor-In in the MPA, though the capacity grew to 602 beginning in 1960. The MPA listed the Motor-In in 1970 but not in its 1972 edition, a rare update for that period.

For an address, you could use 4710 Kiernan Ct, which is adjacent to the back half of the Motor-In’s old viewing field. According to a March 2019 Google Street View, that field was/is a vacant lot for sale.