New US 23 Drive-In
5200 Fenton Road,
Flint,
MI
48507
5200 Fenton Road,
Flint,
MI
48507
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New US 23 Drive-In (Official)
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Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: US 23 Drive-In, US 23 Twin Drive-In
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
810.238.0751
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News About This Theater
- Aug 16, 2014 — Despite the rain, hundreds attend Bricks Flicks at the US 23 Drive-in
- Aug 17, 2013 — More than 2,000 vehicles jam the US 23 DI for Bricks Flicks
- Aug 13, 2013 — Bricks Flicks at the US 23 Drive-in is tonight
- Apr 19, 2013 — US 23 DI Reopens for the season with upgrades this year
- Oct 1, 2012 — US 23 DI manager looks back at the 2012 season
- Aug 18, 2012 — Over 1,500 vehicles jam Bricks Flicks at the US 23 DI
- May 26, 2012 — US 23 Drive-in Theatre may buy Fenton Cinema
- Apr 14, 2012 — Opening night at the US 23 DI in Flint
- Mar 25, 2012 — Miracle Twin DI in Burton MI being torn down while the nearby US 23 DI announced April 6 for its season opening
- Aug 30, 2010 — "Bricks Flix" at the US 23 DI was a rousing success
- Aug 13, 2010 — The US 23 D.I. will host Bricks Flix with the free film, "The World's Fastest Indian."
- Feb 7, 2010 — US 23 Drive-in Theatre opens for the season on April 9
- Sep 21, 2009 — US 23 DI opens Nightmare Castle on September 25
- Aug 14, 2009 — US 23 Drive-in adds third screen
- Apr 30, 2009 — "New" US 23 Drive-in Theatre will reopen for the season under new management on May 8
- Apr 21, 2009 — US 23 Twin Drive-in to reopen under new management
- Mar 6, 2009 — US 23 Twin DI put up for sale
- Feb 26, 2009 — US 23 D.I. owner Lou Warrington dies
- May 13, 2008 — Final season for drive-in movies in the Flint area?
- May 1, 2008 — Both drive-in theatres in Flint, Michigan Area are open for the season
- Apr 23, 2007 — US-23 Twin DI in Flint MI to open for season on April 27
The U.S. 23 Twin Drive-In was opened on June 15, 1951 with Chester Lauck in “Dreaming Out Loud” & Boris Karloff in “The Fatal Hour” & Roy Rogers in “Trail of Robin Hood”. It initially was a single screen with a car capacity for 1,250 on its 25 acre site. The screen tower had a 5-room apartment for the manager, and in front of the screen tower was a childrens' playground with swings, slides, a merry-go-round and a water tank motor boat ride. The U.S. 23 Drive-In was designed & built by Frank Boomer, and was owned and operated by Louis Warrington and Lee Stallard.
It is now the only drive-in in Mundy Township, a rarity in a country with only 800 remaining drive-ins.
In 2009, a third screen was added.
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Ross Melnick
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Cool looking marquee ken mc.
1956, it was co-owned by Stallard and Warrington.
O.K. O.K.
Description’s inaccurate now. This was always the only DI in Mundy Township. For a long time, Flint did have two DI’s (the Miracle Twin being the other) but it wasn’t even close nearby. 23 is now the only one left.
Cinema Treasures has uploaded a TV commercial for this drive in. http://cinematreasures.org/video/us-23-drive-in-theater
The caption says “…with only 800 remaining drive-ins…”. That may be down from 5,000 several decades ago but is up from 500 just a few years ago.
Robert, that’s an old caption. I count fewer than 330 active US drive-ins as of July 2017.
Nice ad video, steelbeard1! As great as that sign looks, it’s ever better with the arrow in motion.
TenPoundHammer, the 1949-50 Theatre Catalog already listed two Flint drive-ins. The Corunna West Side had an address of M-21, and the Dort East Side was on Dort Highway. Each had a capacity of 775 and was run by W. M. Rice.
Those two were joined by the U. S. 23 in the 1952 Catalog. For Exec, it listed (deep breath): L. Stallard, L. Warrington, Wallace O. James, Mgr., and William Clark. Capacity 1200. (The Corunna’s capacity grew to 900, the Dort’s to 1010.)
R. O. Fredley was the US 23’s Exec in the 1955-56 Catalog. Its capacity was down to 1130, while the Dort had mushroomed to 1406.
There were four Flint drive-ins listed in the 1959 IMPA – Eastside (Dort?), Westside (Corunna?), Northland, and US 23. With a few name changes that foursome continued through the 1976 edition.
By the 1982 IMPA, those four were joined by the Miracle Red & Blue. All five survived through the last IMPA drive-in list in 1988.
At WaterWinterWonderland, there’s a 2003 comment by “Cinema Treasures” (hmm), saying, “The second 38 x 76 screen was assembled in 1986 using parts from a dismanted (sic) drive in screen tower, which originally measured 60 x 120, fabricated by Selby Industries. The original wood screen tower was destroyed in a 1997 arson fire and was replaced that year with the remaining parts from the aforementioned screen tower. As a result of the fire, a planned third screen will not be built.”
The US-23 Drive-In Theatre opened on June 15th, 1951. Grand opening ad posted.
“Opened on 15th June, 1951 with Dreaming out loud”, “Fatal hour” and “Trail of Robin Hood”.