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  • <p>Mid-Way Twin Drive-In 2736 State Route 59, Ravenna, OH</p> <p>Photo - Matt Hampton</p> <p>Designed by architect Jack K. Vogel as a single screen drive-in, the Mid-Way Drive-In was opened in the week of July 21, 1950. It was twinned at the start of the 1983 season. It was sold to John Knepp in the early-1990’s. The original Jack K. Vogel-designed screen tower was destroyed in a 2000 storm and replaced by a new screen for the 2001 season - Notes by Dan Wymer</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\document.write\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\\\\\f\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@ai1pbng.ood\\\\\\\\c\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\\\\\lt=t\\\\\\\\e\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\m>niienslo@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\\\\\/"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\);\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;"+ ")+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcrat"+ "Ak(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse("+ ").join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>A short in the wiring at the Eastwood Mall Twin is identified as… a Short Circuit in 1986</p>
  • <p>World Premiere (May 27th, 1948)</p>
  • <p>From the 1953 East High School yearbook, the Quill.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Daily, April 22, 1957</p>
  • <p>September 1988</p>
  • <p>July 31, 1974</p>
  • <p>Colorized version of the 1940 Russell Lee photo, by Imbued With Hues.</p>
  • <p>August 6, 2015 attack</p>
  • <p>Circa 1985 photo courtesy Robert Juzefski.</p>
  • <p>August 1, 1986 ad</p>
  • <p>September 23rd, 1952</p>
  • <p>1990</p>
  • <p>Nive grand opening shot of the Sunrse D-I in 1938</p>
  • <p>improved version.</p>
  • <p>Screen grab from “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” credit & copyright United Artists, via IMCDB.</p> <p>https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_417576-Chevrolet-One-Fifty-1211-1956.html</p>
  • <p>You can see the marquee and entrance of the old State theater on the left of this shot.</p>
  • <p>Three Projection Systems Compared (1955)</p>
  • <p>World Premiere (June 30th, 1948)</p>
  • <p>From the Alabama Memories Facebook feed</p>
  • <p>Screen cap from the Georgia lensed THE SHERIFF & THE SATELLITE KID (1979.)</p>
  • <p>The Feb. 6, 1961 Modern Theatre section of Boxoffice magazine included a lengthy article about the process of moving the Post Oak three miles north of its original location. It included several photos, including this “before” image of the screen tower mural. It was repainted as the duck previously uploaded here.</p> <p>It appears that 1961 issues of Boxoffice are in the public domain.</p>
  • <p>Part of a screen grab from the closing credits of the 1978 movie “Loose Shoes,” AKA “Coming Attractions.” Not my copyright, of course.</p>