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Mar 25, 2019 · 17 vintage photos from the heyday of drive-in movie theaters. Frank Olito. Mar 25, 2019, 1:20 PM PDT. Drive-in theaters got their start in 1933. Bettmann/ Getty. In 1933, Richard Hollingshead ...
Feb 19, 2016 · Drive-in theaters making a comeback. HOCKLEY, Texas - It's a blast from the past that's making a comeback with a vengeance. Showboat drive-in in Hockley, about 36 miles northwest of downtown Houston, is one of only 15 drive-ins left in Texas and 340 in the entire country. It has two giant screens and is open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Aug 28, 2020 · Sebert W. Hull operated Hull’s Drive-In from 1957 until he passed away in 1998. Rather than letting it close, local residents created “Hull’s Angels” and saved the movie venue from destruction. The first nonprofit, community-run drive-in theater in the country, it reopened for a full season in 2000—and is now seeing a resurgence in ...
As the coronavirus pandemic forces Americans to social distance, an old trend is making a welcome comeback. Drive-in movie theaters allow people to get out of the house while maintaining social ...
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Aug 11, 2023 · 0:47. After three weekends in theaters, Greta Gerwig’s "Barbie" surpassed the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales. Gerwig became the highest grossing female director of all time, breaking a ...
May 26, 2020 · Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images. AMC's Parkway Twin theater in Kansas City, Missouri, the first multiplex theater, opened in 1963 in the Ward Parkway shopping center. It had two screens ...