Sherwood 3 Drive-In
5363 W. 3rd Street,
Dayton,
OH
45427
5363 W. 3rd Street,
Dayton,
OH
45427
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Opened on 12/7/1946 with a Disney cartoon(not named), and “Johnny Angel”.
Actually Sometime Between The 1970s And 1980s, A 3rd Screen Was Added. According To The April 7th, 1984 Journal Herald, The Sherwood Drive-In Had 3 Screens At The Time.
This opened on July 12th, 1946. 2nd screen opened on June 27th, 1954 according to http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/1648848.htm
Does anyone know the name of the trailer park / court that was located just to the east side of the Sherwood Twin Theater, I lived there for a short time in the 1950’s, but not sure when it closed. I remember watching the fireworks show that the theater provided… it was a long time ago.
Yeah try growing up and going home and it’s gone I attend Jane Addams live in that community tell my kids about all the time I remember the trailer court there live right off of hanover
As a kid this is where I spent a lot of Friday nights.This was the place to meet up with friends and have fun.No matter how many times you went to the concession stand it was always an adventure.We need places like this to take our kids so they can experience what we did as kids.
As best I believe that the original sign for the Sherwood was either painted or mounted on the front side of the screen nearest W. Third Street. The sign shown in the picture actually belonged to a large restaurant just on the west side of the movie theater.
There is an old sign at near the western edge of the property, actually in the parking lot of whatever business is next door. It looks a lot like a drive-in marquee, but it isn’t exactly on the drive-in lot. Is this sign actually the Sherwood’s old marquee?
The operator was listed as Lewis Levin in the 1963 motion picture almanac. Car capacity was 350. The almanac lists the operator of both the Dayton East and Dayton West Drive-Ins as Tri-State Theaters. This may have been the Levin Brothers' company at that time.
My first “second” job I ever had in Dayton in 1963 was in the concession stand of the north screen, the newest one. Later, I worked as Assistant Manager of the Dayton West, also owned by the same brothers down the street. Incidentally, the Levin brothers lived in a large house located next door to the east of the Sherwood Twin.