Del-Mac Drive-In

MichaelKilgore on June 8, 2021 at 12:55 pm

Boxoffice, March 11, 1950: “DELANO, CALIF. – Frank and August Panero, owners of the new drive-in slated to open here March 15, plan to erect other ozoners in Selma and Shafter, Calif. The Paneros head the Valley Drive-In Theatre Co., Delano. Capacity of the local drive-in is 520 cars, while the Selma and Shafter open-airers will have capacities of 320. Total building cost is estimated at $160,000. Shafter and Delano are in Kern county, while Selma is in Fresno county.”

Boxoffice, June 17, 1950: (scheduled to open in June) “Delano – Del Mac, 520 cars, Valley Drive-In Theatre Co.”

Boxoffice, July 15, 1950: (opened 1950 list) “Del-Mac, 520, Valley Drive-In Co.”

Boxoffice, Aug. 5, 1950: “DELANO, CALIF. – The new Del-Mac Drive-In about one mile south of here on Route 99, has been opened by Frank Panero and his two sons August and Ernest. Located on a 20-acre tract between Delano and McFarland, the Del-Mac has accommodations for 440 cars. The screen tower is 78 feet high, and it supports 44x60-feet scree. The Paneros will open another new drive-in near Shafter before the end of August. Jim Stephenson of Delano is manager of the Del-Mac ozoner.”

Boxoffice, Feb. 17, 1951: (opened 1950 list) “Del-Mac, Valley Drive-In Co., 520”

Boxoffice, March 10, 1951: “Kirby H. Bezzo has been appointed manager of the McFarland Theatre, to succeed Cal Boggus who has taken over the management of the Del-Ma Drive-In, between (McFarland) and Delano.”

Theatre Catalog, 1952: “Del-Mac D. I., Box 905. Exec: Panero Th. Co., Room 700-A, 25 Taylor St., San Francisco. (400)”

dansdriveintheater on October 23, 2018 at 2:23 pm

i don’t know when it closed but in the 1994 aerial you can see that the ramps are the only thing there beside the screen which makes me think it closed a couple of years before that because the screen is in mint condition