Plainville Drive-In
308 New Britain Avenue,
Plainville,
CT
06062
308 New Britain Avenue,
Plainville,
CT
06062
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Opened on April 21, 1954 with Alan Ladd in “Saskatchewan” and Audie Murphy in “Tumbleweed”. The Plainville Drive-In was a classic 1950s-style drive-in theatre that later had a second screen added. It was operating into the 1980’s. By the summer of 1993, it had closed. Retail units have been built on the site.
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Bob Machann
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The former KMart store is where the drive-in stood. The Loews cinema is where an auto racetrack was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ao0mYE565Y
Steve
They had two screens.
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Steve
March 24,1970 and “CACTUS FLOWER” is playing along with “SOUTHERN STAR” In-CAR HEATERS!
Cinema Tour lists the Plainville’s construction year as 1954. Can anyone confirm?
That would have been Tinty’s race track next door. I worked for the Perakos family at the Palace in New Britain, the Elm, and both the Plainville and Southington Drive-Ins. So sad to see it all gone. Old man Perakos promised me a job as I was leaving for the Viet Nam war in 1964. I just never went home again.
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What a terrific photo! Thanks hispeed54!
I remember using the company pick-up truck, International Harvester, with a couple of my friends. We decided to see how fast we could drive over the ramps, maybe even get air borne. I bent the frame of the truck and the Perakos boys were not happy with me that day.
This opened on April 21th, 1954 with the “World’s largest curved screen!”. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.