Located at 2303 Elk Valley Cross Road, about 4 miles north of Crescent City Ca. it is still offering movies to motorists at just 10-dollars a carload. They are open April through October on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at about an hour before sunset. In the peak summer months starting any day now, they expand to Wednesday through Sunday.
Disadvantages are the picture isn't as clear and the sound is limited to stereo and what kind of radio you have in your car. The sound is broadcast locally on both AM and FM.
Elk Valley Cross Road is the next left after the Highway 199 turn off going north out of Crescent City.
It's about a mile up the road from 101.
They don't have a web site but their phone number is 707-464-1813
Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the time when Drive-In theaters were everywhere. So many good memories.
Do you remember when we had two drive-in theaters locally? When I first came up here (1977) the drive-in behind Cash N' Carry was still open. Also, there was one over by Toni's on Gintoli.
The last time I went with my wife it was raining so hard we couldn't see the screen!NOt that it mattered much...
Yeah, I can't remember how many times I was asked how the movie was and couldn't remember.
ReplyDeleteGood times.
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ReplyDeleteThere was a really cool Drive-In in Willow Creek at the Early Bird Market. The son of the man who built it made it his priority to dismantle it as soon as he took ownership. What a loss. It would have qualified for first-run release being the only theater within a 50mi radius.
ReplyDeleteIn E. Los Angeles in the early 70's, you took your life in your hands when you went to the snack bar during a Bruce Lee movie.
I always liked when drive-in's ran R rated movies. There is nothing like seeing a bare breast 30 feet high and luminous.
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