Absecon Drive-In
512 E. Absecon Boulevard,
Absecon,
NJ
08201
512 E. Absecon Boulevard,
Absecon,
NJ
08201
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The entrance was on the White Horse Pike. The marquee was out on the Pike as well. There was a narrow two lane road that led to the ticket booth about a hundred yards back from the street. From there you would park your car and enjoy the show.
This is a very eerie place to visit. All that is left is a screen and a single pole. The rest is trees and trash. How in the world did you het in and out of this place? Anyway, it is in the middle of nowhere, and would probably not cost much to buy and refurbish. I would certainly take a trip there one night.
The 1963 motion picture almanac gives the car capacity of this drive-in as 642. The operator at that time was Al Frank.
They were showing soft porn as early as 1975, as I recall.
I ran the last film there in the summer of 1983. The FRANKS were trying to make it into a truck stop for casino buses. They had showers and sleeping bunks in the kitchen area, for the bus drivers. The films that we were showing were soft core porn. We charged 4.00 a carload, but the marquee said: 4.00 a load. I think that they were running out of letters.
Here is another photo:
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Thanks for the pics from my neck of the woods. The opening date was probably in the early 60s. I saw Snow White, some other Disney film (Bluebeard’s Ghost?) and Sergeant Deadhead (with the Three Stooges) as a five or six year old, circa 1966.
According to CT contributor crazybob, the Absecon Drive-In was first owned by Walter Reade and later by the Frank family.
The screen is still standing. The adjacent golf course is now a Home Depot and Staples office supply store.