Pine Breeze Drive-In
7224 Skyway Road,
Paradise,
CA
95969
7224 Skyway Road,
Paradise,
CA
95969
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Based on spot checks of the Paradise Post, the Pine Breeze’s final season might have been 1962. The town’s theaters were plagued by vandalism, and I didn’t see any later drive-in ads. Although the site looked intact in aerial photos, a letter to the editor in February 1970 said, “As the former Pine Breeze outdoor theatre now stands it is slowly rusting and disintegrating.”
The Pine Breeze appeared in the 1951 Film Daily Year Book and the 1950-51 Theatre Catalog, which listed its capacity as 363 cars. In 1953, it was run by United-California, aka Golden State Theatres.
The drive-in appears in a 1951 aerial photo, indicating it was built at least by that year. It also appears intact in a 1969 aerial photo.
A 1993 aerial photo shows the drive-in to be totally demolished and empty, save for hints of the ramps.