Hilltop Drive-In
3150 Hilltop Drive,
Richmond,
CA
94806
3150 Hilltop Drive,
Richmond,
CA
94806
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This drive-in sat near what is now Hilltop Mall in Richmond. The Hilltop Drive-In opened July 4, 1963. Syufy Enterprises operated it until the early-1980’s. Their current Century 16 theatres is near this site (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
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Yeah they dont have a Clue about the Cue marks!
Why should they its all automated.
1968 aerial at View link
I remember the Hilltop as being a cut above their neighbors the San Pablo and the Rancho, but it was brand new and shiny then. When did it open? Seen Judgment At Neurenberg there so that would place it as being open in 19961. It was a nice drive-in.
The Hilltop Drive-In opened on the 4th of July 1963 with a double feature of “Follow That Dream” and “Sergeants Three”. The original owner and operator was the Jeha Family who also ran the Park Theatre in El Sobrante. It was later acquired by the Syufy circuit who also ran the Rancho Drive-In in San Pablo.
Maybe I seen Judgment At Neurenberg at the san Pablo and not the Hilltop, if the 1963 opening date is correct.
Opened with “Follow that dream”, “Sergeants 3” and “The music man”.
Garrity Way is not the official address for Hilltop Drive-In. It was on Hilltop Drive at Hwy 40. And, the map at upper right doesn’t even come close. It’s pinpointing on Cutting Blvd. in the southern part of Richmond where the “Easter Hill” housing projects are. Try moving North about 4 miles up to Hilltop Drive where it’s between Robert Miller Drive and Shane Drive.
The approximate address for this drive in was 3150 Hilltop Dr. Please update. The box 9ffice was located where Social Security is now located on Garrity.
The issue is that the property has changed dramatically since the drive-in was demolished. It no longer connects to Hilltop Drive, so none of the addresses that include Hilltop Drive seem to come close to finding the property today. Using Google Maps, the 3150 Hilltop Drive address is a good mile away to the west.
The screen sat where the Courtyard Richmond is, at 3150 Garrity Way, Richmond, CA.
Perhaps when Google Maps updates it addresses to include the circular building just to the west of Blume Drive (mere feet from where the old drive-in entrance once stood), that could be used.