Los Altos Drive-In
2800 N. Bellflower Boulevard,
Long Beach,
CA
90815
2800 N. Bellflower Boulevard,
Long Beach,
CA
90815
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Previously operated by: Pacific Theatres
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- Jun 18, 2010 — "Jaws"... Happy 35th!
- May 14, 2010 — Please Post Today, May 14 --- "Jaws," Happy 35th
Opened by Pacific Theatres on June 3, 1955 with Dale Robertson in “Son of Sinbad” & Randolph Scott in “Rage at Dawn”. The Los Altos Drive-In was originally a single screen theatre with a capacity for 2,100 cars. It became a 3-screen theatre on June 28, 1972 and closed in 1996. It has since been demolished an a K-Mart has been built on the site.
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Was mentioned in the documentary “Drive-In Movie Memories” in 2001.
Went here once to see “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Jurassic Park” in the summer of 1993…and didn’t make it through the double feature due to a brisk and passionate makeout session. Aaaah…
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June 3rd, 1955 grand opening ad uploaded here
I went here with my wife alot in the mid 70’s. We were there on 17Dec76 when the S.S. Sansinena blew up in Long Beach harbor the shock wave rocked our VW bug back and forth.Last movie I remember seeing there was the Bo Derek Tarzan remake.
I went here as a kid. Grew up on Fairbrook street basically….memories getting blurred tho between this and The Circle Drive in…good grief…I was Just watching an episode of Ace of Cake and it was about the original Star Wars….which started me thinkin as to where I saw that..myself, my mom and my little sister did but it came out May 77' which throws me because in the end of 76' after my first semester of 9th grade we moved to Sacramento area….over christmas break…it doesnt compute!!! LolI remember Oscars ( for pattymelts n shakes) , The christmas tree place that my gramma always got her trees flocked near by, I remember a wierd little beach called The Lagoon, of couse A n W, Big Boy ( my daughter has worked for big boy for 11years ironically), sees candy, woolworths, tastee freeze, McKinney shoes, Disco fair, Sav on drugs, sterns park…I had the best kite in the neighbor hood as my biological father worked for McDonnell Douglas…lol
Opened with “Son of Sinbad” and “Rage at dawn”.
Closed in 1996. Site is now a K-mart.
I Have Some Trailers That Came From The Los Altos Drive-In From February 1989-August 1990.
Three screens on June 28th, 1972. Another ad posted.
From 1996 to 2001, the Los Altos Drive-In served as the location for actor Bruce Dern’s hosting of cable channel Speedvision’s “Lost Drive-In” movie program, which featured movies related to driving in one way or another. Look up “Lost Drive-In Los Altos” on YouTube; there are a few clips of the theater in its final days, as seen on the show, to be found there.