I remember mom and dad popping up popcorn and packing kool aid, lawn chairs and blankets. Monday nights were family carload night.We had a station wagon with wood panels on the side:0 We had 6 kids in our family. We'd go to the twin drive in theater, watch Viva Las Vegas, The Snowball Express oh and all the James Bond movies of course.
2007-11-20 12:39:26 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
We actually still have a drive in about 40 minutes away from us and go once in awhile they only show family movies- it's a blast!
2007-11-20 12:54:00 · update #1
Absolutely, we went to the Drive In all summer long. We'd go in our pjs and play on the swings until the movie started. We took popcorn, candy and pop with us. I loved the triple feature nights, esp John Wayne or Clint Eastwood movies. My first job was at that Drive In when I was 16.
2007-11-20 12:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the 1950's where I lived, they were called "passion pits".....HA!!
We teenagers were masters at sneaking in those places. Sometimes we could sneak in the exit after the first movie started....whoever was driving would kill the headlights and slowly creep in the exit, finding the first open space and parking.
When the owner got smart to us and put up a gate across the exit, we soon found another way to save money. There were always a coupla carloads of us wanting to go. So, we'd stop a block or so away from the theater, let everyone out of the cars except the drivers...they would walk in the exit, the drivers going in the regular way and paying for one person. THat worked for a long time.
Sometimes, if there were only 2 or 3 people, 2 would laydown on the floor of the backseat and a blanket draped over the back of the front seat and fall to the floor. Those laying down would pull the blanket on top of them.
When they had dollar a carload nights, we could pile 10 -12 people in those big old cars from the 40's....
The theater had a playground in front of the screen area and the kids would run around and play before the movies started. On Saturdays, they would put up a small bandstand and bring in local bands to play country and rock-n-roll and everyone danced on the wooden platform laid for that purpose.
During intermission, they would play "follow the spot". In those days, all cars had spotlights mounted on the drivers side of the car...sometimes on the passenger side too. The projectionist would show a large white spot on the screen and move it around. Those with spotlights would try to catch it....
When we teens were a little older, the guys and gals would all go in separate cars and meet up. We would know the row and spaces where we'd meet. Lots of illegally attained Olympia beer and once in a while, someone would bring a mason jar with whiskey sours. OOOOO, we though we were so wicked....
It was a good place for a second date too, you could sneak a kiss or two - or more - but not much more.....too many people around who knew you - and everyone knew what everyone elses car looked like.
Best car go to the drive-in? Any type of convertible.....it was magical.
The marque for the drive-in was still standing as late as 1991..... But it was gone on my next trip back in 1996. Big tractor dealership there now.....
They still had a few when my kids were little in the early 60's here where I live now. We took the little ones several times...not that they watched the movie. Dressed in P.J.'s with warm blankets, they were soon asleep.
2007-11-20 12:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
yes. Was my 1st love there where started to learn petting and kissing. I forgot one time to put the speaker back and tore off the car window. Going the snack bar and forgetting where you parked and are in every ones way on the screen. We use to get charge for amount of people, not cars. So we use to stuff people on the floor under the mats. There were times we got settled, the place is full, and when the movie started the speaker was not working. There are still some and they have a radio station that you hear the movie on your car radio. I liked at intermission when had contests on chasing each others flash lights on the screen. I liked the multi-drive ins where had we had 2 or more screens to look at. Saying to ourselves how come we did not go to that movie. Then of course are the run ones that park a big trunk and they are sitting on the top in front of you. Wow.. a lot of memories.. and thanks for asking.
2007-11-20 13:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by Ken H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having always lived in Wales UK unfortunately I've never been to a drive-in movie but I've seen so many in the American films I've watched over the years. I've always thought they looked great fun and always would have loved to be able to go to one. You must be very nostalgic remembering going all together, your Mum and Dad and all you kids armed with your chairs, snacks and all your other movie essentials. I always thought when I was a teenager it must have been a great place to go on a date too especially if there was a good old romantic film showing!!
Thanks for sharing your lovely family memories. Well nite, nite or should I say have a lovely day! (It's 2am here not sure what time it is where you are )
2007-11-20 13:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by clara 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Ah, do you remember these?" The Statler's said it all in that song. I remember Randolf Scott in the westerns, William Holden in "Bridges over Toko Ri", and the real shocker, "Peyton Place". About once a month, on Saturday night, Mom and Dad would load us up, and off to the drive-in. Such wonderful movies, and memories....We would all get a hot dog, a Pepsi, and a box of popcorn, and sit back, and enjoy real quality family time......There were 5 different drive-ins, and only two walk in theaters in our area. There is still one open about 25 miles away, and I still go to it sometimes....Finally, they have all become strip malls, with drug stores, and Starbucks...............Not long ago, I was at Ace Hardware, and walked out and thought, this is about where we used to park when this was a drive-in theater.....I am glad others are still around who remember those good times, and entertainment.....
2007-11-20 12:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by Pullet Surprise 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do remember going to the drive-in movies with my parents. Dad always had a station wagon and I would sit either on the hoon or roof. We went nearly every Saturday night when we lived in Alton, NH., when I was a kid back in the 50's.
The one and only one here in San Antonio, TX just closed for good due to lack of business.
2007-11-20 14:05:12 · answer #6 · answered by Robert W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drive Ins were wonderful. We had a station wagon and I had made a covered foam mattress for the back. Our two boys were 1 and 2 and a 1/2. They would be in pajamas and would watch movie until they got sleepy. Money was tight so we only went on 'full car for one price' nights. Sweet memories!
2007-11-20 13:24:40 · answer #7 · answered by Just Hazel 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember the drive-ins but I was a teenager before I got to go . I loved the smell of the snackbar and all the neat things they had to eat, especially fresh cut french fries, and REAL buttered popcorn. I hated the mosquitoes. We had to keep winding the windows up then it would get so warm we had to open them again. We didn't have Off back then. Sometimes it was so bad we left early to beat the crowd and ripped the speaker off and had to throw it out the window. I don't really miss them.
2007-11-20 13:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by Donna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it were't for drive ins' back in the mid 60's I don't think
we'd have seen any movies. I took each of our babies in the summers when they were each bottle fed. And I heated the
bottles with a wrap around bottle warmer that plugged into
the cigarette lighter slot. We put our little one's down to sleep
as it got dark, and we watched the movies undesturbed. I
swear, you didn't find better buttered popcorn than what they
served at a drive in. When they'ed put on the little cartoon
at intermission, singing, "Lets' all go to the snack bar.........."
we were ready! LOL.
Later as toddlers and preschoolers we took them to the
playground and let them play before it got dark. And they
enjoyed that. It made them easier to put to bed in the car
also, since they were tired of playing and ready for sleep.
The last drive in folded up around 1970. And an era had
come to an end. From then on, if we were seeing a movie,
we had to get a sitter and go to a 'walk in' movie.
2007-11-20 17:50:33 · answer #9 · answered by Lynn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh sure I remember the Drive-In Movies. Not when I was a kid though but when my children were little. My ex-husband and I would get all four little ones in their P.J.'s, put pillows and blankets ( if it was chilly.... this was in Indiana) in the station
wagon and off we'd go. We would take the kids to play on the swings etc until the movie started. What wonderful memories.
Thanks!
2007-11-20 12:46:39 · answer #10 · answered by Eve 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋