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Drive in Movies
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Anyone read Thomas McGuane's Ninety-Two in the Shade? There's a movie by the same title. Dunno about the movie as I've never seen it but the story has a hilarious scene at a drive-in. Picture what happened at the drive-in...that...and bad timing, windshields and wipers.
Sorry to say that the unpredictable English weather meant "Drive-In" movies never caught on but at the conventional "Cinema", a favoured snack would be Paynes Poppets..
One shilling, one and one half pence converts to about 6p or 10 cents.
One shilling, one and one half pence converts to about 6p or 10 cents.
...sadly, our local drive-in-was balled up and tossed into the bin of history...still one about 40 minutes from here...which is cool...the pic below is our former big screen hangout...The Cruise-In...
...all I could find was a pic of what I think was the damn screen-no concession, playground, putt-putt course...
...all the images of my area out there and nothin' on the old cruise & cuddle,,,,
...all the images of my area out there and nothin' on the old cruise & cuddle,,,,
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Those were great...and they cut the taste of lipstick and/or tears.
My mom took us to see Amityville Horror when I was 9 or so. Bad, bad idea. The crawlspace to our house was in my bedroom closet. I was terrified. I traumatized my kids a couple summers ago. I took them see Shark Night at the drive in. We love the Jaws movies and the campy shark movies that come on TV. I didn't bother reading up on it. We had to leave when they were going to throw the dog in the water. Bad mom moment.
For us, the drive-in was just one of the movie-watching options. Nowadays, you have chain theaters, or Redbox, or satellite/cable, or Netflix, or whatever. Back then, we had the older theater, the newer theater, or the drive-in. You went to the one that had the movie you wanted to see. My memory as a kid of watching movies at the drive-in is sitting in the back seat in such a way to keep the screen framed in the windshield.
As I grew up and started driving, we went to the drive-in a fair amount. I went there with the Blonde Later Known as Grandma a fair amount, too, but I must note that we went there to watch a movie. If we wanted to make out, there were much less public places to drive to that didn't have an admission fee.
When I was in the Marines, we went fairly often to the drive-in(s) in Oceanside, CA. You've heard of rain checks, right? They had fog checks. Sometimes you'd watch a movie, and the ocean fog would roll in, and you literally couldn't see the screen from the second row. Everyone would leave and get a pass for another show. It must've been frustrating for the proprietors.
We have a drive-in where we live now. We used to take the kids there in the minivan. I didn't want to repeat the peering through the windshield experience for them, so we'd face the rear toward the screen, take one of the seats out of the van for some of us to sit on, have lawn chairs for the others, and watch it that way.
We've stopped going now. I just got to a point where I'm so spoiled with good screen resolution and good sound that the drive-in just doesn't cut it. However, for our kids and their kids, the drive-in is still on the menu of choices for their nighttime entertainment. I guess they remember the good times with us and want to continue it. The tradition lives on.
As I grew up and started driving, we went to the drive-in a fair amount. I went there with the Blonde Later Known as Grandma a fair amount, too, but I must note that we went there to watch a movie. If we wanted to make out, there were much less public places to drive to that didn't have an admission fee.
When I was in the Marines, we went fairly often to the drive-in(s) in Oceanside, CA. You've heard of rain checks, right? They had fog checks. Sometimes you'd watch a movie, and the ocean fog would roll in, and you literally couldn't see the screen from the second row. Everyone would leave and get a pass for another show. It must've been frustrating for the proprietors.
We have a drive-in where we live now. We used to take the kids there in the minivan. I didn't want to repeat the peering through the windshield experience for them, so we'd face the rear toward the screen, take one of the seats out of the van for some of us to sit on, have lawn chairs for the others, and watch it that way.
We've stopped going now. I just got to a point where I'm so spoiled with good screen resolution and good sound that the drive-in just doesn't cut it. However, for our kids and their kids, the drive-in is still on the menu of choices for their nighttime entertainment. I guess they remember the good times with us and want to continue it. The tradition lives on.
I'm really enjoying this thread.... as a Brit it's like you're all describing stuff I've only seen in actual films. Real drive ins.
Gawd I miss the Drive In. From submarine races to going with my brothers when my mom would pack a big bag of stuff, to when we were kids and fell alseep in the back of the car after playing in the playground in our pajamas. Good times!
Yeah - those drive-ins in Oceanside are now a big swap meet.
I remember my older sister took us to the drive in. The bugs were bad. so she sprayed bug spray. LOL she spread so much we got out of the car and watched the movie with the bugs.We were all choking and gagging from the spray.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I recall going to the drive-in but we did not have a lot of money, so the driver would roll through and pay for himself. Then once he was parked we would be let out of the trunk (it was so much per person at that time). (in the 70s)
I think the worse thing that could happen would be if someone had to
and could not hold it in - the unfortunate other person could not do much except try to hold their breath and try not to gag!
I think the worse thing that could happen would be if someone had to
fart
Except for an episode with childhood friend Curt, which I've already chronicled, we didn't hide people in the trunk. I remember a friend in Oceanside talking about his experience of hiding people in the trunk, and when they freed the kids, the attendant was walking up, laughing, saying, "One, two, three... okay, pay up for three! I can always tell by how low the trunk is riding!"
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Guess we were lucky - we did not get caught!
(This was a small city named Orillia, Ontario and it was so long ago - reading this thread brings back memories)
Drive-Ins in Lowcountry South Carolina: Mosquitos and gnats, sweat, beer, cigarettes, hickies, hicks, hickies from hicks, black eyes and fat lips (both from your girlfriend)...and the best corndogs in the world at the end of the night.
Good times.
Good times.
There’s a Drive-In that has been operating since 1946 about 3 minutes away from my house. Yet I haven’t seen a movie at a Drive-In since Planet Of The Apes first ran (The one with Charlton Heston). I just never got into the "experience" I guess. I remember getting buttered popcorn and making a mess of it in my fathers new Ford Farlane Station Wagon, so he never took us back. And I thought he was going to have a hear attack when I slammed the door with that heavy monstrous speaker hanging on the window.
When I was a kid, if we got anything (usually brought popcorn from home) we picked Flicks. Lord, I loved those... We take our kids to the drive-in at least once a summer--great fun!
Our local has swap meets on Sat. and Sun., year round. Keeps the drive-in open!