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Charlton Heston, The Ten Commandments, 1958

Photograph: JR Eyerman

TI Gotham, Inc/Life Picture Collection, Meredith Operations Corporation

The first American drive-in cinema opened in 1933;

by 1951, 3,580 were in operation.

Drive-ins played major hits like this one,

but became primarily associated with cheaper, more lurid fare.

In 1951, Life elaborated on their amenities:

‘It offers entertainment for the whole family in cosy quarters.

In addition,

it sometimes provides carhop service,

washing machines, even beauty parlours,

and is somewhat more likely than TV to provide a show worth looking at’

Golden-age Hollywood stars (and their pet lions) – in pictures

From Marilyn Monroe getting her hair done to a bird-balancing Alfred Hitchcock,

these images from the Life magazine archive exude glamour and intrigue

G

Wed 28 Aug 2024    08.00 CEST

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2024/aug/28/
golden-age-hollywood-stars-and-their-pet-lions-in-pictures

Robert Humanick, an assistant projectionist,

loading a film into one of the theater’s original projectors.

Photograph: Amanda Mustard

for The New York Times

The Schlock-Horror Drive-In That Rose From the Grave

Many drive-in theaters got a boost during the pandemic.

But the scene at the Mahoning Drive-In

in rural Pennsylvania is something else entirely.

NYT

July 9, 2021    5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/
nyregion/mahoning-drive-in-pennsylvania.html

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2024

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2024/aug/28/
golden-age-hollywood-stars-and-their-pet-lions-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

2023

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/jan/18/
at-the-drive-in-1970s-roadside-movies-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/
nyregion/mahoning-drive-in-pennsylvania.html

2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/08/
918290142/in-newark-a-drive-in-movie-theater-celebrates-black-excellence

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/27/
895867501/the-rise-the-fall-and-the-new-rise-of-drive-in-movie-theaters

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/24/
894981786/drive-in-movies-gain-popularity-
as-people-seek-safe-activities-during-pandemic

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/04/
865394092/musician-marc-rebillet-is-using-drive-in-theaters-
to-go-on-a-socially-distant-to 

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/01/
849097656/montana-allows-a-drive-in-theater-to-stay-open-
after-governors-office-makes-call

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/25/
845026676/when-it-comes-to-new-release-showings-
a-drive-in-theater-stands-alone

2013

https://www.npr.org/2013/05/30/
187328514/drive-ins-face-hollywood-s-digital-switch

1951

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/
d2c699b802cb3b10.html 

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