A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others… Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America’s greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner’s business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-in’s birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.
Length 57 minutes
Leonard Maltin | Samuel Z. Arkoff | Barry Corbin | Ewing Miles Brown | Jeanne Carmen | Robert Fuller | Beverly Garland | Burton Gilliam | Michael Granberry | Ann Robinson | Chill Wills | John Bloom