Carol's Drive-In

Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160

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A short lived drive in venue located in what is now Sunny Isles Beach. It operated in 1950 and 1951.

Contributed by JD

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 2, 2023 at 3:38 pm

Although it was missing from the 1949 edition, Carol’s Drive-In was listed under Miami Beach in the 1950 and 1951 editions of the Film Daily Year Book.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 2, 2023 at 3:53 pm

Other than that, I’m not finding anything. My spot checks of the Miami Herald in July 1949 and July 1950 show ads for:

  • 27th Avenue Drive-In
  • Boulevard Drive-In
  • Coral Way Auto
  • Dania Drive-In
  • Dixie Drive-In
  • Hallandale Drive In
  • Le Jeune Park Auto
  • Miami Drive-In
  • Tropicaire Drive-In

but not Carol’s. Searches in industry publications of the time for Carol’s or Sunny Isles (the name of the future Sunny Isles Beach) turned up nothing.

JD, it’s great that you contributed a new entry here, but where did you hear about it?

kennerado
kennerado on April 18, 2023 at 12:03 am

Was possibly a temporary/mobile operation?

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 18, 2023 at 7:42 am

Although there are other possibilities, my experienced guess is that Carol’s was either:

One of the drive-ins that advertised in the Miami Herald (see above) but weren’t included in the Film Daily Year Book drive-in list. The two candidates I see are the 27th Avenue and the Le Jeune. Informally, and on Film Row, one of these might have been also known as “Carol’s,” after an owner’s first or last name. Or…

A mistake. Someone added it in error to the 1950 Year Book, then it lingered through inertia to 1951 until one of the other theater owners complained.

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