March 26, 2008 – 10:23 am
Drive in status in Pittsburg, KS 66762
Message: Pittsburg had two drive in’s
One was loccated on 69 hwy just North of town. It is now an empty lot and only parts of the back fence remain. The second drive in was located on old 69 hwy, now Langdon Lane and the complete original chain link fence and in/out gates are still there. A house now stands where the screen was and the drive way is the original from the drive in.
In Baxter Springs, KS the only remains of the drive in is small section of a wooden fence painted green. There are few old light poles and the drive ways are can also still be seen.
I love old drive in’s and miss them. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Kevin B.
February 5, 2008 – 12:49 pm
The MotorVu drivein theater here in Parma has had “Closed for the Season” on
its marquee for some months now… so… I wrote the following article for the
Western Canyon Chronicle, our local small town paper.
This movie has been running for a long time at the MotorVu drive-in, so I
thought a review might be in order.
Getting into the movie was very easy and inexpensive, and I had no trouble
finding a good spot to watch. The first thing that struck me was the chilling,
forboding feel of the cinematography: the shadowy, eerie visuals were hard to
follow but gave a sense of gloom and menace that was positively gripping. In
fact, in all the time I was there not a single person left their car to visit
the snack bar or the restroom. The musical score fit the tone perfectly;
drawing on the minimalist and ambient music styles, it made effective use of
remote traffic noise, the hiss of wind through tall grass, and once the
distant plaintive whistle of a train.
There are no well-known actors in the cast, and I fear that none will become
well known as a result of this movie; the character development is glacially
slow and the characters’ motivations left me totally in the dark.
All in all, this is a good movie to kill time… If you prefer it dead.
John
January 22, 2008 – 1:25 pm
Message: I noticed that you could not find the Mt. View Drive-In on your map of Mount Shasta. The theatre was located near the intersection of Hwy. 89 and I-5 about 2 miles south of the city center. If you look at a satellite map, the Azalea Road freeway overpass points directly at the old screen location east of I-5. The theatre was closed in the mid-80’s after the screen blew down in a storm. Everything has been removed from the site, but the terraced parking areas are still there. A new housing development is encroaching on the site, but the original access road is still usable. See my photos at http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/catmtvd.
Daniel
