Somebody applied to the local zoning board for a variance to reopen the Moonlite. The previous owners had sued the West Wyoming Borough over alleged sewer mishaps, and now the borough owns the drive-in.
Many more details and links: http://carload.com/2017/01/pa-man-applies-to-revive-the-moonlite/
I don’t see a listing for the Graham in the 1948-49 Theatre Catalog drive-in census. It appears in the following edition (1949-50) with Exec: E. L. Williamson. The listing also says it ran 7 days, 12 months, with room for 300 cars.
Theatre Catalogs list it as operated by Glen Underwood (1949, 1952), then the Bancrofts in 1955 as Ken says. It wasn’t listed in the 1948 catalog, so 1949 might be its opening date.
The Dubbo Youth Council has arranged to reopen the West-View (according to the Daily Liberal newspaper) for a weekend in April 2017. The place is still for sale, and the sign looks even worst than the photo here. See http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/4391944/movies-to-return-to-dubbos-drive-in/ for the story, and http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/862369/return-of-the-drive-in/ for the way the sign looked in 2010.
The Paonia was not listed in the 1955 Theatre Catalog, so that gives us a narrow range for when it probably opened, thanks Chris1982.
Thanks for the link, Kenmore. Google Earth from 2016 still shows the sign there. From the layout, my guess is that the screen bordered the highway, patrons looped along the tree-lined drive to the south maybe past those ponds, then back to the main parking area?
According to a Flickr user, the other drive-in in Blanding was the Kigalia. There’s a photo of its weathered sign here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33237475@N05/5855645912/
Somebody applied to the local zoning board for a variance to reopen the Moonlite. The previous owners had sued the West Wyoming Borough over alleged sewer mishaps, and now the borough owns the drive-in.
Many more details and links: http://carload.com/2017/01/pa-man-applies-to-revive-the-moonlite/
I don’t see a listing for the Graham in the 1948-49 Theatre Catalog drive-in census. It appears in the following edition (1949-50) with Exec: E. L. Williamson. The listing also says it ran 7 days, 12 months, with room for 300 cars.
Theatre Catalogs list it as operated by Glen Underwood (1949, 1952), then the Bancrofts in 1955 as Ken says. It wasn’t listed in the 1948 catalog, so 1949 might be its opening date.
Now I notice that only the 2010 story used a hyphen in the name. The 2017 story agrees with the spelling here. And I left a typo. Oops!
The Dubbo Youth Council has arranged to reopen the West-View (according to the Daily Liberal newspaper) for a weekend in April 2017. The place is still for sale, and the sign looks even worst than the photo here. See http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/4391944/movies-to-return-to-dubbos-drive-in/ for the story, and http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/862369/return-of-the-drive-in/ for the way the sign looked in 2010.
The Paonia was not listed in the 1955 Theatre Catalog, so that gives us a narrow range for when it probably opened, thanks Chris1982.
Thanks for the link, Kenmore. Google Earth from 2016 still shows the sign there. From the layout, my guess is that the screen bordered the highway, patrons looped along the tree-lined drive to the south maybe past those ponds, then back to the main parking area?
According to a Flickr user, the other drive-in in Blanding was the Kigalia. There’s a photo of its weathered sign here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33237475@N05/5855645912/