Malletts Bay Drive-In
766 Bay Road,
Colchester,
VT
05446
766 Bay Road,
Colchester,
VT
05446
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This drive-in opened on June 24th, 1949 with Peggy Cummins in “Green Grass of Wyoming” & Joe E. Brown in “The Tender Years”. It was operated by Gordon Jarvis & Affiliated Theatres in 1955. It switched to an adult policy in 1974 and placed advertisements as far away as Montreal, QC. Quebec always and still have a ban on movies 18+ at drive-ins. It was closed in 1990.
It was still intact but deteriorating by 1999 and had been demolished by 2003. Housing has been built on the site.
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MIKE RIVEST
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J'ai téléchargé une annonce de langue française de La Presse de Montréal pour la Malletts Bay Drive-In du 30 Juillet, 1976. Québec drive-in ne sont pas autorisés films pour adultes.
I uploaded a French-language ad from Montréal’s La Presse for the Malletts Bay Drive-In from July 30th, 1976. Quebec drive-ins were not allowed adult movies.
Gordon Jarvis later became a founder of Merrill’s theatres.
June 24th, 1949 grand opening ad in the photo section.
Opened with some cartoons(not named), and “Green grass of Wyoming” and “Tender years”.
Actually, The Malletts Bay Did Not Closed In 1979. According To The Burlington Free Press On July 3rd, 1987, The Malletts Bay Drive-In Still Continued Its Operation At The Time Along With The Sunset Drive-In.
Closed in 1990.
A 1999 aerial shows the drive-in intact, but clearly closed and in poor condition.
By 2003, it had been completely demolished. Today, several homes sit on the property with no trace of the drive-in remaining.