The first proper drive-in may have been a Comanche, ... By 1951, there were more than 4,000 drive-in theaters in the US, compared to fewer than 200 at the end of the war. 0:59.

The rise: The very first drive-in theater opened in 1933 near Camden, New Jersey, but Southern California was next at bat.The first L.A. drive-in sat at Pico and Westwood boulevards. The fall ...

The first movie shown was “Backstage.” Cars piled into the lot, paying 35 cents per person to take in the new spectacle. Because for a time, drive-in theaters were part of the peak of summer ...

To compile a list of the best drive-in movie theaters in the U.S., 24/7 Tempo reviewed a ranking by Nationwide Vehicle Contracts, a British-based car and van leasing site.

Drive-in theaters are becoming harder to find, but in Wisconsin it's easier than most. ... The first drive-in movie theater in the U.S. opened in Camden on the Pennsauken border in 1933.

A highway so famous it's been sung about by countless musicians from Nat King Cole to The Rolling Stones, historic Route 66 ...

In 2003, they bought the drive-in, which originally opened in 1949 and closed 38 years later. After pouring a lot of sweat and monetary equity into the site in the woods off the road that gives ...

While drive-ins nationwide have declined from over 4,000 to just 285, this family-owned business keeps current with first-run ...

Wisconsin was a little late to the drive-in movie theater party. But we've never completely left. Here is a guide to eight spotts around the state.

One of America's oldest drive-in movie theaters is still treasured in a small Colorado town. But the woman who has worked there since childhood is getting worn out. There isn't a lot of nightlife ...

Sunday night will be the theater's final showing and the end of drive-in theaters in Memphis for the first time since 1940, when the area's first drive-in opened on Lamar Avenue.