Super 45 Drive-In
1520 6th Street SW,
Warren,
OH
44485
1520 6th Street SW,
Warren,
OH
44485
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Also to note is that the size of the drive-in looks WAY too small to fit 620 cars.
Interestingly enough, there aerials from 1950 and 1951 available on NETR.
The 1950 aerial shows a mostly completed drive-in, but no projector booth. The 1951 aerial does show a projector booth.
Since the 1950 aerial shows leaves on the trees, it means that what MichaelKilgore discovered is not contradicted by the aerial photos.
During the late-1970s, the Super 45 Drive-In began focusing more towards hard R-rated and soft X-rated movies.
Hmm. On one hand, Warren’s Super 45 was already listed (next to the Skyway) in the 1950 Film Daily Year Book, which implies that it might have operated in 1949. But these notes paint a different picture:
Exhibitor, July 11, 1951: “The Super 45 Drive-In, started three years ago and never finished, has been purchased by J. Franke. It is located on route 45 near Warren, 0. The new owner closed a contract with Frank Masek, National Theatre Supply, to install Simplex projectors. Simplex sound, Hertner generators, and Peerless Magnarc lamps.”
Exhibitor, July 16, 1952: “The Super 45 Drive-In located on Route 45 near Warren, 0., started two years ago and never finished was completed by Joseph L. Frankie.”
A closer address is 1406 6th St SW, Warren, OH.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it on the property.
Today, the property is empty and overgrown. But you can still see slight traces of the drive-in in terms of the outline and hints of ramps.
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