Beach Drive-In

69 E. Shore Drive,
Lake George, NY 12845

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davidcoppock
davidcoppock on April 23, 2023 at 7:54 am

Reopened in May 1956 as 9L Drive-in with “Wichita” and “Annapolis story”.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 22, 2023 at 12:10 pm

After advertising regularly in the 1950 and 1951 seasons, the Beach was absent from the Glenns Falls Post-Star in 1952-1955.

The 9L Beach Drive-In (re)opened in 1956. In later years, it added a hyphen, advertising as the 9-L Beach. Its final ad in the Post-Star was Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1961, showing “Gone With the Wind.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 22, 2023 at 11:45 am

That school is Lake George Elementary. Its address, 69 Sun Valley Dr, is an excellent choice for the Beach’s address.

Kenmore
Kenmore on July 6, 2022 at 6:54 am

A 1965 aerial shows the screen gone, although the projection booth/concession stand is still intact.

By 1986, the elementary school had been built on the property. No trace of the drive-in remains.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 27, 2019 at 9:49 am

Apparently the Beach took a break for a while. From the Feb. 18, 1956 Motion Picture Herald:

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y.: The Beach Drive-in here, closed for the past three years, will reopen in May, it is announced by Joseph Mirasola, who operates the Warren, a conventional closed theatre, in Warrensburg.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 28, 2019 at 2:41 am

Opened on 19/7/1950 with a cartoon(not named), “The big punch” and “The girl from Jones Beach”. Closed in 1961. Demolished(date unknown?). Site is now Lake George Elementary School.

jwmovies
jwmovies on January 28, 2019 at 1:15 am

The address for this theater was 69 East Shore Drive, Lake George, NY 12845.

Please update.