The First Drive-In Theater was invented by Richard M. Hollingshead. Hollingshead worked out the details by hanging a sheet for a screen in his backyard. Richard began to experiment in the driveway of his home at 212 Thomas Avenue, New Jersey. Richard mounted a 1928 Kodak projector on the hood of his car; he used ...
Back in the 1950’s automobiles were anything but basic transportation. A car gave you status, freedom and personal identity. Thanks to the depression and then the war if you had a car it was probably an old crock and almost ready for the scrap heap. But the 50’s brought rising incomes and easy credit and ...
Today, the drive-in theater is a thing of the past; they are scattered sparsely across the United States in nostalgic last-stab attempts at success and the novelty projects of millionaires. Out of the nearly 5000 theaters which swept across America in the 1950’s, less than one-tenth still stand in working condition today (Tompkins). But what ...
Drive-in movie theaters were once a popular destination for people of all ages. Everyone loved the private-yet-public aspect of watching a movie in the comfort of their own car. Parents could let their children roam freely without bothering other movie-goers, and teens loved the chance to snuggle up without mom and dad around. In the ...
In the 70s, movies like “Grease” romanticized the 50s. There’s even a drive-in movie scene with Danny and Sandy. Some of us have fond memories of putting on our pajamas, grabbing our pillows, and piling into the station wagon for a big night out at the nearest drive-in movie theater. My sister and I played ...
American’s have always had a love affair with cars, so it was only a matter of time before someone joined together this passion for automobiles with one of America’s favorite past times – the movies. Origins The drive-in theater was invented in New Jersey by Richard Hollingshead. For a screen he used a sheet hung ...
Mt. Zion Drive-in Movie is among America’s 500 remaining drive-in theaters. With a renovated tavern as a snack bar, the first films flickered on the big screen on this hilltop in the early 1950’s. The windows are from a church in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the beam that runs down the center of the snack ...
