From the July/August 2013 DAR American Spirit Magazine by Jamie Roberts.
Yes, we have a drive-in theater near us in Spring Grove, Illinois, but open only during the summer and fall and the first show not starting until 9 or 9:30 and that's too late for these old bones.
Richard M. Hollinshead opened the first drive-in movie theater in Camden, New Jersey in the summer of 1933. He figured to marry two American loves-- automobiles and movies.
His first effort essentially was just a 1928 Kodak projector showing a picture on a bedsheet nailed to two trees. He then experimented with projection techniques, sound amplification and ramps for cars until he figured he'd had enough to go full-scale.
He drew a huge crowd for the grand opening of his Park-in Theater on June 6, 1933, charging 25 cents per car and 25 cents per person to see the British comedy "Wife Beware."
It took off and by the mid-1960s, there were more than 4,000 in the country.
Seeing A Movie At A Drive-In Is Still Too Late for Me. I Really Need My Beauty Sleep. --Cooter
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