Latest Drive-in theater Stories
Web Map Connects Moviegoers with Over 430 Drive-Ins Across North America Reston, VA (PRWEB) July 20, 2012 MapMuse has announced the release of a major data update to its Drive-In Movie Theaters Locator Map, a free web application that serves as a guide to drive-in theaters across the USA and Canada. In addition to locating operating drive-ins with spot-on accuracy, the map provides moviegoers with background information, photos, and web links for each theater. “Maps of places that evoke...
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6: FIRST DRIVE-IN THEATER Profile America -- Wednesday, June 6th. A major pop culture phenomenon began on this day in 1933. With the automobile increasingly reshaping the American landscape, Richard Hollingshead opened the nation's first drive-in movie theater in...
For about four years, 38-year-old Web developer John Young has been projecting film from a 1970s school projector mounted on his 1977 BMW motorcycle.With the West Chester Guerilla Drive-In, Young has resurrected the decades-old drive-in movie experience.He has traveled to more than a dozen locations to project films. In many cases, the location chosen will coincide with the movie being shown. For instance, Young brought a presentation of "Caddyshack" to a golf course, a showing of the camp...
Some Florida residents say they choose to take in a drive-in movie theater experience because of the openness. Miami resident Jerry Durden said drive-in theaters, where the numbers have increased amid the struggling U.S. economy, offer a nice alternative to normal film theaters for parents, The Miami Herald reported Friday. It's easier to bring kids to the drive-in, said Durden, who has a 5-year-old son and his 1-year-old daughter. Instead of them screaming in the movie theater. Allie...
By Sarah Jacobson Sometimes the pleasure in going to see a movie has as much to do with the process as the movie itself. Many of us recall being rounded up, dressed in our pajamas and loaded into the family station wagon to head out to the drive-in movies. If we were lucky, there were friends and treats involved, too. I wistfully recall those soft summer nights whenever someone in my family suggests movie night. Don't get me wrong, today's multiplexes are impressive, but for someone who...
The drive-in theater may be a fond memory of a bygone era; however, the mystique of outdoor movies is still alive and well. Today Open Air Cinema announced a whole new way to enjoy the thrills and fun of movies under the stars with its CineBox Home(TM) outdoor theater system. CineBox Home comes equipped with everything needed for a backyard movie night including new patent-pending 10-foot or 12-foot inflatable movie screen. The product is perfect for the concept of a "staycation" where...
By Peter CT Elsworth NORTH SMITHFIELD The key to understanding the Rustic Drive In Theater, Rhode Island's only drive-in cinema, on Route 146 is contained in the recorded message that informs you that while the shows start at 9 p.m., the box office opens at 6 p.m. In a regular cinema, three hours would be a long time to sit munching popcorn and watching loops of Hollywood trivia. But there are no seats at the Rustic, just parking spots, and the atmosphere is closer to the pregame picnics...
By Monica Albert, The Oklahoman Jul. 3--For many, the drive-in movie theater is an American rite of passage. It's the privacy of a car under a blanket of stars, a chance to watch a movie while enjoying the fresh air of a summer evening, the thrill of watching characters burst to life on an 85-foot screen. But outdoor theaters gave way to new technology and the comfort of indoor air conditioning, and today only one drive-in still thrives in Oklahoma City. The Winchester Drive-In will...
By Suzanne Tobias, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Jul. 1--A reader e-mailed to say she probably won't be doing one of the summer activities I mentioned recently (and suggest again in a story Wednesday): Take kids to a drive-in movie. "I would love to take my kids to watch a movie or two at the local drive-in, just like my parents did for us while growing up here in Wichita," Linda wrote. Unfortunately, she said, the movies often are not suitable for her 10- and 8-year-old children. Last week, for...
By Holly McKenna AVERILL PARK, New York (Reuters) - It's a smokers' and drinkers' paradise where pajama-clad children and crying babies are welcome and bug spray is essential: The drive-in movie theater is making a muted comeback in the United States. While its not quite a return to the heyday of the 1950s, when there were more than 4,000 outdoor theaters across the country, 20 new drive-in cinemas have opened up during the past year, taking the national total to 420. Jessica and John...
