labworm
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In the 60's we didn't go to the drive in to watch the movie.
The trunk was able to only fit three of us.
The trunk was able to only fit three of us.
Drive-in theater nostalgia
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Love reading all these replies but I'm VERY surprised that nowhere yet mentioned are those absolutely sadistic tire shredding devices that allowed exit traffic with no harm but your tires were beyond a total loss if you even thought about driving in to the theater in a lane that was designed for exit.
I was a kid, years away from a driver's license. Surely you guys remember these shredders better than I can?!
I was a kid, years away from a driver's license. Surely you guys remember these shredders better than I can?!
doublesharp
Member
^^^ Didn't have those in S Indiana. 
I know for a fact that the trunk of an Electra deuce and a quarter will hold three and a large Coleman cooler.
bill2000
Member
In the greater Albany NY area back in the 60s-70s there were at least 13 Driveins and none of then had those devices! Probably last time I was in a drive in was mid 80s with the wife and kids and no slasher.
I have seen them at certain government facilities, car rental joints, airports. They appear to be well marked!
Hmmn, wonder how that could have happened...
Ah yez... I remember the Indian Drive In theater at 28th Ave and Indian School Road in Phoenix. Sadly, it's gone forever. My soon-to-be wife and I watched "The World of Suzie Wong" there on 3 separate occasions. I guess "watched" would be an overstatement.... Oh well, maybe we'll see how it turned out someday on movie re-runs on TV.
John
John
Those weren't even invented the last time I went to a drive in. Which was a sort of double date with my sister and her boyfriend and my future wife. Only my future wife didn't figure out the "date" part for another 7-8 years.
I also found out that there is a twin drive in about an hour from my house. Not that I have any real desire to go.
I also found out that there is a twin drive in about an hour from my house. Not that I have any real desire to go.
Step N. Mud
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Early 70's, we went to the local Drive in to see 'Fistful of Dollars, Few Dollars More and Good,Bad & Ugly. The sun was coming up before the final GB&U shootout.
I saw lots of movies at The Chief in Midland. A few at the Fiesta, too.
There is a newish drive in in Midland now called Big Sky. Somehow it just isn't the same as it was when I was a kid.
BigSkyTheatre
There is a newish drive in in Midland now called Big Sky. Somehow it just isn't the same as it was when I was a kid.
BigSkyTheatre
We had one locally until late '80s or so. Now there are only 5 left in the entire State of Kansas. The first movies I can remember watching there were a double feature of Jaws and The Great Waldo Pepper. Managed to take my kids to one a few years ago. It was fun but the 50 mile drive back after a triple feature reminded me I'm not as young as I used to be.
UncleEd
Member
IIRC, there was a drive-in in north Palatine, IL, and from the
one road as you passed you could briefly see some of what
was on the screen.
Unfortunately for th drive-in owner, what was on the screen
by the 1970s was exposure of naughty bits. Well,
protests started. I think the drive-in owner had to plant
extra tall trees at that spot in the road.
one road as you passed you could briefly see some of what
was on the screen.
Unfortunately for th drive-in owner, what was on the screen
by the 1970s was exposure of naughty bits. Well,
protests started. I think the drive-in owner had to plant
extra tall trees at that spot in the road.
I met my wife in 56 she was 16 I was 18. Her mother was too strict to allow her daughter to go to a drive in.
A threesome in a drive in, in a trunk of a car, no less, even I never tried that one. [emoji1]In the 60's we didn't go to the drive in to watch the movie.
The trunk was able to only fit three of us.
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Don't you mean too SMART? 
I met my wife in 56 she was 16 I was 18. Her mother was too strict to allow her daughter to go to a drive in.
Not to mention those little packages, courtesy of Trojan.[emoji1]A warm summer evening at the drive-in theater with popcorn in paper sacks, hotdogs wrapped in wax paper, courtesy of mom, and an ice chest of soda pop supplied by dad.
We sat on folding chairs outside the car on those warm nights. It was a time to enjoy a movie and family time. Sometimes other families would join us and it became a party. It was like the tailgate party so popular today.
My brothers and I liked the westerns and action movies and would sit through the entire show. When there was a boring movie, more for the grown-ups, we would head to the area under the big screen. We were like tiny ants there, compared to the actors on the screen who looked fifty feet tall.
Swings and slides under the screen gave us a playground and it was there that we would meet other kids and enjoy ourselves while the projected images flickered above us.
During the 50s, there were many drive-in theaters. It's sad that, except for a few, drive-in theaters have disappeared from our culture.
The Chief theater in Midland, Texas was my favorite. It opened in the mid 50's and was demolished in 1983.
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Better that some girl at the drive in snack bar informs your girl friend her sweater is inside out, than have her mom bring it up when you bring her home. How do I know this you ask? Her name was Kathy. Actually her mother was kinda cool about it, but boy were freaked out. Went like this.
What you two been up to? Watching a movie. Well, next time you watch a movie, put your sweater on right side out. Red faces and silence. Then she said " I watched movies in High school too. She never mentioned it again.
What you two been up to? Watching a movie. Well, next time you watch a movie, put your sweater on right side out. Red faces and silence. Then she said " I watched movies in High school too. She never mentioned it again.
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Doogie85
Member
I experienced many "memorable" moments at the drive in years ago and they weren't the movies. Where I live now has one still open. One of last time I checked three or four in the whole state.
Many good times at the drive in back in their, and my, heyday.
Many good times at the drive in back in their, and my, heyday.
Do you remember the Eagle Drive-In located off what is now I-20 in Pecos? A couple, Mr. And Mrs. Brown, who lived in an apartment under the big screen were the caretakers of the property. The Browns were friends of my parents. In May of 1958, during the evening movie, an electrical fire caused by the big neon sign on the front of the theater destroyed the place.
No one was hurt and many of the moviegoers sat in their cars and watched the fire destroy the screen and its structure while the movie kept playing.
Mrs. Brown later stated that the two things she regretted losing in the fire were her wedding dress and a .32 Colt pistol.
