Monte Vista Drive-In

1101 Grant Road,
Mountain View, CA 94040

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 17, 2024 at 6:17 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on December 10, 2019 at 4:13 pm

Boxoffice, Aug. 5, 1950: “Ronald Kramer received two one-year passes to Sunnymount theatres as a prize for his winning entry in the name contest for the new drive-in theatre. "Monte Vista” Kramer’s entry, was judged the best of more than 500 suggested. B. A. Vecchiarelli, district manager of Sunnymount, made the award."

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 6, 2018 at 12:50 pm

800 cars.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 22, 2018 at 11:24 pm

Here’s an amazing 3D-modeled video tribute to the Monte Vista: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNwuDDbIy2E

sdelas
sdelas on January 21, 2018 at 10:53 pm

Was their a playground at this drive-in?

Ncoast707
Ncoast707 on July 23, 2017 at 3:10 am

I saw Psycho there with my parents in 1960, and was ready to crawl under the car seats at the end of it Gawd!

MarkC
MarkC on June 18, 2015 at 1:01 am

I used to go there when I was a kid in the 1960s. I saw the movie Goldfinger the James Bond movie and Oceans 11 starring Frank Sinatra. I remember the place very well. They had a concession stand in the middle of the place and they had a man riding around on a bike with a big flat carrier on the front that used to throw rowdy kids out of the place.

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 26, 2012 at 9:35 am

Approx. address for this drive-in was 1101 Grant Road.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 13, 2010 at 3:18 am

Here is a 1956 aerial photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y89rhrw

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 13, 2010 at 3:13 am

Here is an ad circa early 1960s:
http://tinyurl.com/yb9yjnp

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 12, 2009 at 6:14 am

This drive-in opened on August 4, 1950 at a cost of $150,000. It closed in 1978 and was replaced by a low-income housing development. Here is a photo circa 1950s:
http://tinyurl.com/mo6rtm

scottfavareille
scottfavareille on March 31, 2004 at 10:35 pm

I do recall in the 1970’s for several years before its close, it did run triple bills at the admission price of $1.50 per carload. It was an independent at that time.