Frontier Auto Movie

200 Edenvale Avenue,
San Jose, CA 95123

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 14, 2026 at 3:02 pm

According to Google Maps, the “Former Frontier Village Site” is a historic landmark with the address of 200 Edenvale Ave, San Jose, CA 95136. It’s inside the Edenvale Garden Park.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 12, 2024 at 8:01 am

I went looking for the date of the name change, and I remain confused. The first reference I could find in the San Jose News to “Frontier Auto Movie” was in its movie listings column in April 22, 1964. However, the drive-in’s advertisement in that issue was for the “Frontier Drive-in Theatre”.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 11, 2024 at 8:06 pm

The last mention of the Frontier Auto Movie that I could find in the San Jose News was on May 22, 1973, showing “The Folks at Red Wolf Inn” (AKA “Terror at Red Wolf Inn”) and “Frenzy”. The Frontier was absent from the News' listings the next day.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 11, 2024 at 7:46 pm

The “Frontier Village Drive-In Theatre” opened on April 18, 1962 with “Experiment in Terror”. Grand opening ad from the San Jose News uploaded here.