Motor-Vue Drive-In

3200 W. Maplewood Avenue,
Bellingham, WA 98225

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Jamey_monroe45
Jamey_monroe45 on July 12, 2023 at 6:34 pm

3616 Bennett Dr, Bellingham, WA 98225.

THAT is the correct address for this D/I!

The address above is for The Maplewood Apartments which opened right after this theatre. THIS is acrooss from Northwood apartments.

Please update.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 2, 2019 at 11:46 am

Last season: 1971

rivest266
rivest266 on September 1, 2019 at 12:35 pm

This opened on July 14th, 1948. Grand opening ad posted.

jshafia
jshafia on October 1, 2015 at 5:07 pm

My grandfather, Arnold Larson, built and owned the MotorVu. I enjoyed working and playing at the drives as a kid in the 60s.

Rod
Rod on September 10, 2013 at 9:01 pm

Although there was a wooded buffer between Maplewood and the theater proper; it was this “buffer” that kids snuck through to gain free access to movies. :–)

Rod
Rod on September 10, 2013 at 8:57 pm

The Motorvue was bounded on one side by Bennet Ave, by Maplewood on the other side. Please see this page for clarification: http://hamtopia.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/bellinghams-drive-in-theaters/ Also, your Google street view is completely off. This one is correct. Looking to the left in this view, you would be looking right into the middle of the theater.

http://goo.gl/maps/ugwNE

thisisjohnbook
thisisjohnbook on January 30, 2013 at 5:33 pm

An archived Geocities page, featuring photos of the area after the demolition of the drive-in: http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/Pavillion/2216/MotorVu.html