Photos favorited by Mike Rogers

  • <p>This was the last newspaper ad for the Don Drive-In when it closed down in 1980</p>
  • <p>The Promenade was showing THE TOY and STILL OF THE NIGHT on January 2, 1983.</p>
  • <p>From the November 18, 1971, edition of the Miami News. The film opened the following day for an exclusive run of many weeks at the Coral. With this clipping, the entire gamut of my moviegoing experience for the 1 year I lived in Miami is captured, between this Disney film and the Hammer Horror double feature at the drive-in shown in the upper left corner.</p>
  • <p>Scans of program covers from the mid-70’s.</p>
  • <p>Article from Miami News on January 20th, 1972, noting that the Stanley Kubrick had pulled his film from a scheduled Miami premiere date of February 18th due to concerns that showings may incite violent outbreaks.</p>
  • <p>From the Miami News, January 29th, 1972.</p>
  • <p>From the Miami News, February 4th, 1972. Typical drive-in movie fare that I saw as a kid with my parents in Miami. That early exposure and love for these kind of low-brow double features eventually lead me to the grind houses of 42nd Street and Times Square when I was a teenager in New York City.</p>
  • <p>December 18th, 1961</p>
  • <p>July 29th, 1955 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>old slick 65?</p>
  • <p>I was never at this theater, but in November 2009 I was driving in the area and noticed the marquee. This is what it looked like at that time.</p>
  • <p>On South Michigan Avenue Fine arts and foreign films</p>
  • <p>On Madison Street Formerly was a newsreel theater</p>
  • <p>On Dearborn at the Chicago River</p>
  • <p>On Randolph at Dearborn</p>