Timp Drive-In
150 N. State Street,
Orem,
UT
84097
150 N. State Street,
Orem,
UT
84097
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Previous Names: Timpanogos Cinemotor Drive-In
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Opened as the Timpanogos Cinemotor Drive-In on August 25, 1950 with Errol Flynn in “Montana” & Lilly Palmer in “My Friend Tisa”. Car capacity was listed at 500. It was operated by V.A. Gilhool. By 1964 it was renamed the Timp Drive-In.
The drive-in closed in 1981 and was demolished in June 1993 for housing units.
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There are pictures of the theater on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/utttimp
Named for Mount Timpanogos which got it’s name from the Timpanogots Ute Tribe.
From 1953 to at least ~1967? had the name Timpanogos Cinemotor Drive-In.
From ~1969? it was called the Timp Drive-In.
In 1993 the Ticket Booth and Projection/Concession Building were still standing.
More info and photos are always welcome.
1956 car capicity was listed at 500 and it was owned by Huish and Gilhool.
Why the name Timpanogos?
Proximity to Mount Timpanogos, often referred to as Timp.
Yesterday’s Provo Daily Herald wrote that the Timp was demolished in June 1993.