I saw two disaster movies at this theater in 1974, The Towering Inferno and Earthquake. The latter film was in Sensurround, which was an experience. I didn’t know at the time that I would move to California and experience the real thing in 1994!
This is the wrong place for this comment, but alphabetically it’s pretty close. There was a drive-in in my hometown of Absecon NJ called the Absecon Drive-In. My friends and I used to sit on the railroad tracks behind the drive-in in the early seventies and watch Russ Meyer films. That was quite an education for a twelve year old, given Mr. Meyer’s well known proclivities. Perhaps you can create an entry for this? The theater was on the White Horse Pike next to the golf course going west to Atlantic City. I think it closed down in the 1980’s.
The Embassy Theater that I remember was on the northwest corner of New York and Atlantic Avenues. The Colonial theater was next door,if I recall. There was also a theater on the other side of the street, the Beach, which ended up as an adult movie theater. I saw “Ben” at the Embassy when I was in high school.
I saw MASH at this theater shortly before it closed. The movie was listed on the marquee for months after the theater shut down. It’s across the street from a cemetery near the White Horse Pike.
I took a girl to the bowling alley on this site in junior high school. I think that was my first real date. The facade is still there, as far as I know.
I live in the condos on this site. There is a Food4Less directly behind us that takes up quite a bit of acreage. I am wondering if the drive-in was actually on the supermarket property and not on the condo property, which is about a block north of Vermont and Sepulveda. Any info would be appreciated.
I moved to Harbor City in 1994, and used to drive past the Vermont almost every day. It was showing second run films towards the end of its life, with not too many patrons as far as I could see.
I have seen this theater many times in my travels through downtown Los Angeles. Given the current renaissance, such as it is, I would like to see some use made of this interesting property.
I moved to Los Angeles in 1984. I saw a screening of the film “Streetwise” at the Fox Venice in 1985, which was a film about homeless teens in Seattle. I think the theater closed not too long after that.
I have seen the 1964 picture on the LA Public Library website. It’s too bad that there are no pictures of this interesting little theater in its better days.
I saw the first Star Trek film at the Fox in the fall of 1979. The theater was great. The film was not great.
I saw two disaster movies at this theater in 1974, The Towering Inferno and Earthquake. The latter film was in Sensurround, which was an experience. I didn’t know at the time that I would move to California and experience the real thing in 1994!
This is the wrong place for this comment, but alphabetically it’s pretty close. There was a drive-in in my hometown of Absecon NJ called the Absecon Drive-In. My friends and I used to sit on the railroad tracks behind the drive-in in the early seventies and watch Russ Meyer films. That was quite an education for a twelve year old, given Mr. Meyer’s well known proclivities. Perhaps you can create an entry for this? The theater was on the White Horse Pike next to the golf course going west to Atlantic City. I think it closed down in the 1980’s.
The Embassy Theater that I remember was on the northwest corner of New York and Atlantic Avenues. The Colonial theater was next door,if I recall. There was also a theater on the other side of the street, the Beach, which ended up as an adult movie theater. I saw “Ben” at the Embassy when I was in high school.
I saw MASH at this theater shortly before it closed. The movie was listed on the marquee for months after the theater shut down. It’s across the street from a cemetery near the White Horse Pike.
What about the Strand Theater on the Atlantic City boardwalk? It was near the Virginia Theater by the Steel Pier.
I took a girl to the bowling alley on this site in junior high school. I think that was my first real date. The facade is still there, as far as I know.
I live in the condos on this site. There is a Food4Less directly behind us that takes up quite a bit of acreage. I am wondering if the drive-in was actually on the supermarket property and not on the condo property, which is about a block north of Vermont and Sepulveda. Any info would be appreciated.
I moved to Harbor City in 1994, and used to drive past the Vermont almost every day. It was showing second run films towards the end of its life, with not too many patrons as far as I could see.
I have seen this theater many times in my travels through downtown Los Angeles. Given the current renaissance, such as it is, I would like to see some use made of this interesting property.
I moved to Los Angeles in 1984. I saw a screening of the film “Streetwise” at the Fox Venice in 1985, which was a film about homeless teens in Seattle. I think the theater closed not too long after that.
I have seen the 1964 picture on the LA Public Library website. It’s too bad that there are no pictures of this interesting little theater in its better days.
I believe that this theater was showing Spanish language films in its last incarnation before being demolished in 1987.