There were precedents as early as 1915, but the first real drive-in theater in the modern sense was opened on June 6, 1933, by chemical company executive Richard M. Hollingshead Jr., in Pennsauken ...

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.

- 0.3 drive-ins per 1 million people - 3 drive-ins total. The first drive-in movie theater in the U.S. opened in Camden on the Pennsauken border in 1933.

Cars entering The Moonlite Theatre in Abingdon. 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 ...

"June 6, 1933 was the opening of the very first drive-in in Camden, New Jersey," said Barry Floyd, owner of the Stardust Drive-In. Tuesday was the 90-year anniversary of the drive-in movie theater.

Cars entering The Moonlite Theatre in Abingdon. 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 ...

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 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 ...