Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)

8.0/10 • 57 min • Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Leonard Maltin

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Barry Corbin

Ewing Miles Brown

Jeanne Carmen

Robert Fuller

Beverly Garland

Burton Gilliam

Ann Robinson

Chill Wills

John Bloom

Himself

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