Studio Drive-In
5250 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Culver City,
CA
90230
5250 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Culver City,
CA
90230
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Previously operated by: Pacific Theatres
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The Studio Drive-In opened August 26, 1948 with Jack Carson in “Romance on the High Seas” & Deanna Durbin in “Up in Central Park” and was independently operated. It had a capacity for 1,029-cars. It was taken over by Pacific Theatres in April 1952. Closed in 1993, it was demolished in September 1998.
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Also called Heart of screenland. Site is now a Holiday Inn.
Facebook link with KTLA news coverage of the 1998 demolition.
https://www.facebook.com/24337647532/videos/10156290437702533/?hc_location=ufi
This theater is shown in the background of a couple of residential shots in Crime of Passion from 1957.
Grand opening ad posted claiming that it was the largest drive-in in the west.
Larger grand opening ad posted from the Vanguard.
Studio Drive-In opening 1 27 Aug 1948, Fri Evening Vanguard (Venice, California) Newspapers.com
and
Studio Drive-In opening 2 27 Aug 1948, Fri Evening Vanguard (Venice, California) Newspapers.com
Opened on 27/8/1948 with “Romance on the high seas” and “Up in Central Park”.
Seen briefly in the tv series “Hart to Hart”(series 2, episode 5, ‘Tis the season to be murdered).
DID U KNOW?? ..>The song “Drive-In” was inspired by the group’s (Beach Boys) outings at the Studio Drive-In in Culver City, California.
Here’s a little fun. Photo is from a 1957 movie Crime Of Passion. This house can be found today at 11170 Fairbanks Way, Culver City. The neighborhood was built in 1949. The Studio Drive-in is probably farther away than it looks but it is still overpowering.
Featured in the movie “La Bamba” where Ritchie (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Donna (Danielle von Zerneck) make out in his car while Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak engage in a passionate kiss on the screen in “Bell, Book and Candle”