South Lamont Drive-In
11800 Main Street,
Lamont,
CA
93241
11800 Main Street,
Lamont,
CA
93241
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Opened in 1950, the South Lamont Drive-In was owned by Jim Banducci, who also operated theaters in the San Joaquin Valley towns of Arvin and Oildale.
Los Angeles architect J. Arthur Drielsma designed the theater to include a restaurant, located under the screen tower, which could serve both theater patrons and outside customers, who were provided with a separate parking lot. It was still open in 1966.
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Drive-ins.com notes that the theater was demolished to make way for a housing development.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 11800 Main Street.
I’m not 100% sure, but I think this may also have operated under the name Thunderbird Drive-In. Can anyone from the area confirm this?
Boxoffice, Nov. 14, 1966: “The Lamont Drive-In Theatre, Lamont, Calif., has been taken over by Cecil Carlton, who has been operating the Crest Drive-In, Bakersfield, for the past 15 years. Also in his chain are the Mount Baldy Drive-In, Pomona; Magnolia Drive-In, Riverside, and others in Arizona and California.”