Where Was The First Drive In Theater. And with that the drive-in theater craze was born. The Thunderbird Twin Drive-In opened on July 1 1965.
The premier feature was The Under-Pup with Gloria Jean and Nan Grey. It was called Theatre de Guadalupe and it combined auditorium seating with room for 40 or so cars to simultaneously see the screen and stage. Many people hear stories of their grandparents going to the drive-in theater for a Friday night hangout but do you know the history of the classic movie experience.
The date is May 19 1933 Richard H.
Hollingshead worked out the details by hanging a sheet for a screen in his backyard. The first drive-in was opened in 1933 in New. On June 6 1933 eager motorists park their automobiles on the grounds of Park-In Theaters the first-ever drive-in movie theater located on Crescent Boulevard in Camden New Jersey. The Drive-In Theater History Page.
