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This was taken in Yerrington, Nevada a few years back while on a motorcycle trip from Idaho to California. It sure brought back a lot of memories.... standing there, looking at the dilapidated screen, what used to be the snack bar and the dangling speakers. It reminded me of ol what's her name.

photomax7 · 05-23-2018, 12:52 AM

Wonder what feature film was last shown there...nice nostalgic image Dewman.

**Tonytee** · 05-23-2018, 02:53 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by photomax7

Wonder what feature film was last shown there...nice nostalgic image Dewman.

Nice capture young man. I believe her name was, "Hotlips Houlihan."

)

tt

**foxandcrow** · 05-23-2018, 08:29 AM

Days gone by. Nice it is like looking at a story. Well done.

**Sailor** · 05-23-2018, 12:45 PM

Wonderful shot that brings back so many memories - drive-in theaters were a staple of my teenage life.

Jer

**joip** · 05-23-2018, 01:46 PM

Memories here too - people in the trunk sneaking in for free! I remember going to the drive in with my parents; my brother & I in our pajamas as we would be fast asleep by the time both movies were over. Do you remember the jumping hotdog at intermission?

Dewman · 05-23-2018, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by joip

Memories here too - people in the trunk sneaking in for free! I remember going to the drive in with my parents; my brother & I in our pajamas as we would be fast asleep by the time both movies were over. Do you remember the jumping hotdog at intermission?

Hey! I thought me and my gang were the only ones that used to pile in the trunk of the car and sneak in! I don't remember the jumping hot dog, but I remember people chasing the little guy on the screen with their spotlights. "Spot lights?" the younger crowd asks. Yep. They even made fake ones that were called "Appletons," IIRC. A lot of people used to come in a pickup truck and back into position and break out their lawn chairs and blankets.
My girlfriend at the time had a Nash Rambler and the front seats would lay all the way back, basically forming a double-size bed!

Holy smokes.... that was a long, LONG time ago! It seems so comical now. Things have changed so much.... and I'm not so sure it was for the better.

Outlander · 05-28-2018, 08:49 PM

Spent many an evening at a venue similar to this one , some movies I watched , some didn't quite , the place in my local community still has one running out the two we once had , weekends only now , haven't been to a movie there in quite some time , your photo makes me think I should take in a movie this year while its still running , before its not !! Nice Capture

normhead · 05-29-2018, 06:44 AM

The last movie I saw at a drive in was Cheech and Chong, Up in Smoke. Squeezed into my ex-wife's friend Cindy in her van with our 4 kids asleep in the back of the van.

It saved on baby sitters.

Dewman · 05-29-2018, 09:10 AM

I'm glad to see that there are so many who remember the days past when the weekend drive in theater was the thing to do. Time sure flies when you're havin' fun, doesn't it? Do any of you remember the song by The Everly Bros. called "Wake up, Little Suzie"? Well, that actually happened to me and my girlfriend. Just like in the song, we both fell fast asleep and when we woke up, the parking lot was totally empty!

"The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock and we're in trouble deep!"

Imagine me, walking her to the door and having to explain to her waiting parents! Talk about scared! I was only 17, she barely 16.... and well.... you can imagine the difficulty I was facing. Yikes!

Outlander · 05-29-2018, 08:32 PM

Originally posted by Dewman

I'm glad to see that there are so many who remember the days past when the weekend drive in theater was the thing to do. Time sure flies when you're havin' fun, doesn't it? Do any of you remember the song by The Everly Bros. called "Wake up, Little Suzie"? Well, that actually happened to me and my girlfriend. Just like in the song, we both fell fast asleep and when we woke up, the parking lot was totally empty!

"The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock and we're in trouble deep!"

Imagine me, walking her to the door and having to explain to her waiting parents! Talk about scared! I was only 17, she barely 16.... and well.... you can imagine the difficulty I was facing. Yikes!

Yikes is wright !!! LOL

**Mikesul** · 07-14-2018, 02:13 PM

Originally posted by Dewman

This was taken in Yerrington, Nevada a few years back while on a motorcycle trip from Idaho to California. It sure brought back a lot of memories.... standing there, looking at the dilapidated screen, what used to be the snack bar and the dangling speakers. It reminded me of ol what's her name.

Evocative image of fashion passing.

lesmore49 · 07-14-2018, 03:06 PM

Memories that is for sure. The drive ins we had...five in number at the end of the 1960's were more or less constructed just like the one in your pix, Dewman. Snack building, with flat roof at a bit of a sloping angle and of course large screen.

I recall perhaps the last drive in I went to. Around 1978, my wife and I in our '73 Corolla or was it our '76 Chevette 4 door ? Anyways had our little terrier-poodle mix ( 7 1/2 pounds of potential unbridled fury) sleeping on the back seat. The movie was King Kong, the one made in the '70's. In the scene where King Kong comes on screen filling the screen I might add and making ape noises...our little mutt woke up from his doggy slumber and launched himself from the back seat...through the gap between the front bucket seats and bounced off the inside of the windshield.

His intent was noble, he was attacking the monster bellowing ape that appeared in front of the car. He was a very good dog. The movie was also a dog.

SpecialK · 07-14-2018, 03:09 PM

Nice shot of times gone by. I was runt and could fit in the "well" behind the rear seat in a VW Bug...

I think the last drive-in movies I saw was on a weekend pass in boot camp 1976 - Rollerball and Logan's Run.

But, there is still the functioning Skyline Drive-In.
31175 Old Hwy 58, Barstow, CA 92311

Besides that in Barstow, there is the Route 66 museum next to the Western America Railroad Museum.
685 N 1st Ave, Barstow, CA 92311

There are also some Route 66 relics/renovations to be found around town - old restaurants and motels, and a few landmark buildings, etc. Calico ghost town is 20 minutes away. You can actually have a nice (temperatures permitting) weekend there.

The Santa Fe Springs CA drive-in retains some of the drive-in signage but is now an everyday swap meet with other entertainment.
13963 Alondra Blvd, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

One of the series of Pacific Drive-in Theaters "near" Disneyland operated 1949-1993 until sold for residential development.
6612 Lincoln Avenue Buena Park CA 90620
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4005

Not to overstate the obvious, but Route 66 is becoming less of what it was, on a continuous basis. One of the iconic stone gas stations was finally bulldozed a few years back after becoming too unstable to remain propped up. Still a bunch to see and do, and you can still sleep at the Wigwam motel in Holbrook AZ. I have traveled all of it in California and Arizona a couple times. Not sure if Shaffer's fishbowl ("near" Oatman AZ) still has the two fish I saw in the very murky water.
A history of the Shaffer Spring Goldfish Bowl on Oatman Road

Dewman · 07-14-2018, 03:56 PM

I can remember as a kid, my folks would make a trip, via Rt. 66, every couple of years from the San Joaquin Valley in California to Eufaula, Oklahoma to visit relatives. I fondly remember the Whiting Bros. gas stations, the Burma-Shave signs and the Giant Orange drive-in's. And.... the long, endless miles of sage brush with the occasional HUGE jackrabbit signs. Don't remember what they were advertising. This would have been in the mid-50's. Yep, I'm THAT old!

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SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,482	Nice shot of times gone by. I was runt and could fit in the "well" behind the rear seat in a VW Bug... I think the last drive-in movies I saw was on a weekend pass in boot camp 1976 - Rollerball and Logan's Run. But, there is still the functioning Skyline Drive-In. 31175 Old Hwy 58, Barstow, CA 92311 Besides that in Barstow, there is the Route 66 museum next to the Western America Railroad Museum. 685 N 1st Ave, Barstow, CA 92311 There are also some Route 66 relics/renovations to be found around town - old restaurants and motels, and a few landmark buildings, etc. Calico ghost town is 20 minutes away. You can actually have a nice (temperatures permitting) weekend there. The Santa Fe Springs CA drive-in retains some of the drive-in signage but is now an everyday swap meet with other entertainment. 13963 Alondra Blvd, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 One of the series of Pacific Drive-in Theaters "near" Disneyland operated 1949-1993 until sold for residential development. 6612 Lincoln Avenue Buena Park CA 90620 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4005 Not to overstate the obvious, but Route 66 is becoming less of what it was, on a continuous basis. One of the iconic stone gas stations was finally bulldozed a few years back after becoming too unstable to remain propped up. Still a bunch to see and do, and you can still sleep at the Wigwam motel in Holbrook AZ. I have traveled all of it in California and Arizona a couple times. Not sure if Shaffer's fishbowl ("near" Oatman AZ) still has the two fish I saw in the very murky water. A history of the Shaffer Spring Goldfish Bowl on Oatman Road Last edited by SpecialK; 07-14-2018 at 03:19 PM.

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05-23-2018, 12:52 AM	#2
photomax7 Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,841	Wonder what feature film was last shown there...nice nostalgic image Dewman.

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Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,520	Originally posted by photomax7 Wonder what feature film was last shown there...nice nostalgic image Dewman. Nice capture young man. I believe her name was, "Hotlips Houlihan." ) tt

05-23-2018, 08:29 AM	#4
foxandcrow Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,995	Days gone by. Nice it is like looking at a story. Well done.

05-23-2018, 12:45 PM	#5
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	Wonderful shot that brings back so many memories - drive-in theaters were a staple of my teenage life. Jer

05-23-2018, 01:46 PM	#6
joip Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Colorado Photos: Albums Posts: 1,799	Memories here too - people in the trunk sneaking in for free! I remember going to the drive in with my parents; my brother & I in our pajamas as we would be fast asleep by the time both movies were over. Do you remember the jumping hotdog at intermission?

05-23-2018, 05:13 PM	#7
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	Originally posted by joip Memories here too - people in the trunk sneaking in for free! I remember going to the drive in with my parents; my brother & I in our pajamas as we would be fast asleep by the time both movies were over. Do you remember the jumping hotdog at intermission? Hey! I thought me and my gang were the only ones that used to pile in the trunk of the car and sneak in! I don't remember the jumping hot dog, but I remember people chasing the little guy on the screen with their spotlights. "Spot lights?" the younger crowd asks. Yep. They even made fake ones that were called "Appletons," IIRC. A lot of people used to come in a pickup truck and back into position and break out their lawn chairs and blankets. My girlfriend at the time had a Nash Rambler and the front seats would lay all the way back, basically forming a double-size bed! Holy smokes.... that was a long, LONG time ago! It seems so comical now. Things have changed so much.... and I'm not so sure it was for the better.

05-28-2018, 08:49 PM	#8
Outlander Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Easten Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,148	Spent many an evening at a venue similar to this one , some movies I watched , some didn't quite , the place in my local community still has one running out the two we once had , weekends only now , haven't been to a movie there in quite some time , your photo makes me think I should take in a movie this year while its still running , before its not !! Nice Capture

05-29-2018, 06:44 AM	#9
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	The last movie I saw at a drive in was Cheech and Chong, Up in Smoke. Squeezed into my ex-wife's friend Cindy in her van with our 4 kids asleep in the back of the van. It saved on baby sitters.

05-29-2018, 09:10 AM	#10
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	I'm glad to see that there are so many who remember the days past when the weekend drive in theater was the thing to do. Time sure flies when you're havin' fun, doesn't it? Do any of you remember the song by The Everly Bros. called "Wake up, Little Suzie"? Well, that actually happened to me and my girlfriend. Just like in the song, we both fell fast asleep and when we woke up, the parking lot was totally empty! "The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock and we're in trouble deep!" Imagine me, walking her to the door and having to explain to her waiting parents! Talk about scared! I was only 17, she barely 16.... and well.... you can imagine the difficulty I was facing. Yikes!

05-29-2018, 08:32 PM	#11
Outlander Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Easten Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,148	Originally posted by Dewman I'm glad to see that there are so many who remember the days past when the weekend drive in theater was the thing to do. Time sure flies when you're havin' fun, doesn't it? Do any of you remember the song by The Everly Bros. called "Wake up, Little Suzie"? Well, that actually happened to me and my girlfriend. Just like in the song, we both fell fast asleep and when we woke up, the parking lot was totally empty! "The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock and we're in trouble deep!" Imagine me, walking her to the door and having to explain to her waiting parents! Talk about scared! I was only 17, she barely 16.... and well.... you can imagine the difficulty I was facing. Yikes! Yikes is wright !!! LOL

07-14-2018, 02:13 PM	#12
Mikesul Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,594	Originally posted by Dewman This was taken in Yerrington, Nevada a few years back while on a motorcycle trip from Idaho to California. It sure brought back a lot of memories.... standing there, looking at the dilapidated screen, what used to be the snack bar and the dangling speakers. It reminded me of ol what's her name. Evocative image of fashion passing.

07-14-2018, 03:06 PM	#13
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,349	Memories that is for sure. The drive ins we had...five in number at the end of the 1960's were more or less constructed just like the one in your pix, Dewman. Snack building, with flat roof at a bit of a sloping angle and of course large screen. I recall perhaps the last drive in I went to. Around 1978, my wife and I in our '73 Corolla or was it our '76 Chevette 4 door ? Anyways had our little terrier-poodle mix ( 7 1/2 pounds of potential unbridled fury) sleeping on the back seat. The movie was King Kong, the one made in the '70's. In the scene where King Kong comes on screen filling the screen I might add and making ape noises...our little mutt woke up from his doggy slumber and launched himself from the back seat...through the gap between the front bucket seats and bounced off the inside of the windshield. His intent was noble, he was attacking the monster bellowing ape that appeared in front of the car. He was a very good dog. The movie was also a dog.

07-14-2018, 03:56 PM	#15
Dewman Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,492 Original Poster	I can remember as a kid, my folks would make a trip, via Rt. 66, every couple of years from the San Joaquin Valley in California to Eufaula, Oklahoma to visit relatives. I fondly remember the Whiting Bros. gas stations, the Burma-Shave signs and the Giant Orange drive-in's. And.... the long, endless miles of sage brush with the occasional HUGE jackrabbit signs. Don't remember what they were advertising. This would have been in the mid-50's. Yep, I'm THAT old!