
Studio Drive-In
5250 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Culver City,
CA
90230
5250 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Culver City,
CA
90230
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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
The Studio Drive-In opened August 26, 1948 with Jack Carson in “Romance on the High Seas” & Deanna Durbin in “Up in Central Park” and was independently operated. It was taken over by Pacific Theatres in April 1952. Closed in 1993, it was demolished in September 1998.
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Undated aerial photo added courtesy of Brent N Lois Melander.
The drive-in scenes in the movie Grease were filmed at the Pickwick drive-in, not the Studio Drive-in.
This drive in was used in the movie Jawbreaker, which was released in February of 99. Apparently, the scenes were shot shortly before it’s demolition.
Also called Heart of screenland. Site is now a Holiday Inn.
Facebook link with KTLA news coverage of the 1998 demolition.
https://www.facebook.com/24337647532/videos/10156290437702533/?hc_location=ufi
This theater is shown in the background of a couple of residential shots in Crime of Passion from 1957.
Grand opening ad posted claiming that it was the largest drive-in in the west.
Larger grand opening ad posted from the Vanguard.
Studio Drive-In opening 1 27 Aug 1948, Fri Evening Vanguard (Venice, California) Newspapers.com
and
Studio Drive-In opening 2 27 Aug 1948, Fri Evening Vanguard (Venice, California) Newspapers.com
Opened on 27/8/1948 with “Romance on the high seas” and “Up in Central Park”.
Seen briefly in the tv series “Hart to Hart”(series 2, episode 5, ‘Tis the season to be murdered).