On a Hot Ohio Muggy night the DENT AUTO DRIVE-In was playing Two kid flicks.“SUPERDAD” at 9:30 and “SON OF FLUBBER” at 11:25 and I guess the kids were still up again at 12:45 am.All this on August 9 1974. Glad I saved old movie pages out of newspapers.
For the record,CONSOLIDATED was located at 120 S Poplar Street.F.H.Beddingfield was the President.Many Film Bookers in Charlotte were on this street and area,I have visited it more than once.
Yes, Mike it opened in 1995,but this is one sorry little eight plex.I have been to it,looked in the glass doors and tried my best to figure out how they got eight screens in that building.There must a bunch of hundred seat houses in there.On top of that I was told the seats came out of a theatre in Charleston damaged bt Hurricane Hugo or some other coastal storm. Aiken I would think is a city that could support a larger theatre complex and i am quite surprized the great REGAL Theatre chain we hear so much about has not built a new multiplex.Heck,Greenwood,S.C. a much smaller town up the road has more screens. That is about all one needs to know on this little eight plex.Pity they tore down a pretty decent Triple Theatre in Downtown Aiken to build this next to a very small one story mall!
July 28-30 1996 Now Showing at the SUNSET DRIVE-IN THEATRE is “THE PHANTOM”
July 31- August 3 1996 Now Showing “THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME”
August 4-6 1996 NOW SHOWING “ THE CRAFT”
August 7-10 1996 Now Showing “THE CABLE GUY”
August 11-13 1996 Now Showing “THE ARRIVAL”
August 14-17 1996 Now Playing “PHENOMENON”
August 18-20 1996 Now Playing “STRIPTEASE”
August 21- 25 1996 Now Showing “ERASER”
August 26- 31 1996 Now showing “MULTIPLICITY”
Sept 1-1996 Now Playing “MULTIPLICITY”
COMING SOON “INDEPENDENCE DAY”
RADIO SOUND at the SUNSET DRIVE-in, 90.1 FM.
They sent me this flyer back in 1996 along with some pictures after I wrote the SUNSET about reading an article in BOXOFFICE.I thought it was awful nice of those folks to go to all that trouble.Just another goodie i dug up.
On a Hot Ohio Muggy night the DENT AUTO DRIVE-In was playing Two kid flicks.“SUPERDAD” at 9:30 and “SON OF FLUBBER” at 11:25 and I guess the kids were still up again at 12:45 am.All this on August 9 1974. Glad I saved old movie pages out of newspapers.
For the record,CONSOLIDATED was located at 120 S Poplar Street.F.H.Beddingfield was the President.Many Film Bookers in Charlotte were on this street and area,I have visited it more than once.
Don’t SELL your collection.Tisloews! I never Will.
Great looking 2009 marquee.
Was not listed in the 1956 Motion Picture Almanac for some reason.
It parked 500 cars and was owned by Walter Baier.In 1956.
k, I have the AUTOPARK DRIVE-IN parking 500 cars and was owned by S.E.Britton.
Thanks Nick.
All nice pictures of what a movie theatre should look like.
1995, 1990 does it matter; a majority of Aiken Moviegoers go to Augusta,Ga or Columbia,S.C. for entertainment.
Yes, Mike it opened in 1995,but this is one sorry little eight plex.I have been to it,looked in the glass doors and tried my best to figure out how they got eight screens in that building.There must a bunch of hundred seat houses in there.On top of that I was told the seats came out of a theatre in Charleston damaged bt Hurricane Hugo or some other coastal storm. Aiken I would think is a city that could support a larger theatre complex and i am quite surprized the great REGAL Theatre chain we hear so much about has not built a new multiplex.Heck,Greenwood,S.C. a much smaller town up the road has more screens. That is about all one needs to know on this little eight plex.Pity they tore down a pretty decent Triple Theatre in Downtown Aiken to build this next to a very small one story mall!
Thanks for the ads Don.
Sure its closed if CARMIKE had it.
Thanks for the ad Ken Mc. “FRENCH CONNECTION 2” not too good of a film,bet it did bad business there.
Rod, it was owned by Midwest Drive-in Theatres and parked 435 cars.
Rod, it was owned by Starlite Drive-in Company and parked 700 CARS ! making it one of Iowa’s largest outdoor screen.
Would this Drive-in be near Webster City,Iowa?
Thanks Matt for getting these theatres listed.
thanks joel.
Thanks rioeffler.
Wild looking theatre in 1986 picture.
Thanks MajorMajor.
Man, you would think these Almanacs would be right on,but i am finding more and more that are wrong.
July 28-30 1996 Now Showing at the SUNSET DRIVE-IN THEATRE is “THE PHANTOM”
July 31- August 3 1996 Now Showing “THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME”
August 4-6 1996 NOW SHOWING “ THE CRAFT”
August 7-10 1996 Now Showing “THE CABLE GUY”
August 11-13 1996 Now Showing “THE ARRIVAL”
August 14-17 1996 Now Playing “PHENOMENON”
August 18-20 1996 Now Playing “STRIPTEASE”
August 21- 25 1996 Now Showing “ERASER”
August 26- 31 1996 Now showing “MULTIPLICITY”
Sept 1-1996 Now Playing “MULTIPLICITY”
COMING SOON “INDEPENDENCE DAY”
RADIO SOUND at the SUNSET DRIVE-in, 90.1 FM.
They sent me this flyer back in 1996 along with some pictures after I wrote the SUNSET about reading an article in BOXOFFICE.I thought it was awful nice of those folks to go to all that trouble.Just another goodie i dug up.
Pity there is not a lot of comments on a theatre that was built in the twenties. Joel,More history.