Natick Drive-In
321 Speen Street,
Natick,
MA
01760
321 Speen Street,
Natick,
MA
01760
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Opened with “Outside the walls” and “Comanche Territory”.
June 29th, 1950 grand opening ad uploaded here.
I took the picture of the screen in 1979, just after the Drive In closed,and was about to be torn down. The other photo I took and uploaded, was the view of the front. Taken the same day, you can see my 1966 Ford Mustang convertible parked in front.
Great drive-in, as a kid after supper and in pj’s we would head to the Natick with our parents, the smell of fresh bread from Wonder was always in the air! don’t remember ever being awake by the end of the movie? Years later I apprenticed in the booth(with my learners permit!) getting my ‘mileage'to take the state projectionist exam.
There are several pictures of this rather elegant drive-in on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/matnati
321 Speen St, Natick, MA 01760
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is currently occupied by a shopping center.
Here is a 1969 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.
Back in the winter of 1969, as a high school senior, I recall seeing a double feature there: ‘Bullitt" and
“The Reivers”, both of which starred Steve McQueen. Cool Drive-in that was.
i spent alot of time at the natick drive-in when i was a kid in the
late 1960s and part of the 1970s.wonder bread bakery was across the street you could smell the bread baking.as you watched the movies.
Spent many nights at the Natick Drive-In as a youngster in the 70’s. I remember seeing The Sting, Exorcist II and many other films on the big screen at Speen Street.