Sundown Drive-In
700 Theatre Road,
Williams,
CA
95987
700 Theatre Road,
Williams,
CA
95987
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The Sundown Drive-In was opened on May 19, 1950 with Randolph Scott in “Coroner Creek” and the feature length Walt Disney animation movie “Dumbo”. It was operated by Ned Steele Jr. It was closed on September 27, 1969 with Peter Lawford in “Hook, Line and Sinker”, James Stewart in “Shenanadoah” & Anthony Franciosa in “In Enemy Country”.
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Motion Picture Herald, Jan. 12, 1952: “The Ned C. Steele father-and-son partnership will be dissolved with the 314-seat Colusa at Williams being taken over by Ned, Sr., and the Sun-Down drive-in, there, going to Jr.”
The Sundown held its grand opening on May 19, 1950 with a capacity crowd, based on stories in the Colusa Sun-Herald. Its first program was the Randolph Scott film “Coroner Creek” followed by Disney’s “Dumbo”.
This closed on September 27, 1969 with Peter Lawford in “Hook, Line, and Sinker”, James Stewart in “Shenandoah”, and a bonus on its final day “In Enemy Country”.