With only 25 cents per car and 25 cents per person, the first drive-in movie theatre opened on June 6, 1933, on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The outdoor movie idea started ...
Drive-in theaters evoke nostalgia, a step back to the 1950s. The first opened in New Jersey in 1933, when opening night drew people from at least 20 states to watch movies outdoors from their cars.
Drive-in theaters grew from a single New Jersey lot in 1933 to nearly 5,000 screens nationwide by the late 1950s, fueled by postwar suburban expansion. The drive-in served entirely different social ...
Drive-in theaters evoke nostalgia, a step back to the 1950s. The first opened in New Jersey in 1933, when opening night drew people from at least 20 states to watch movies outdoors from their cars.