Drive-In Movie Memories

Drive-In Movie Memories

8.0
2001
0h 57m
HD
Documentary

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.

Top Cast

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

Ewing Miles Brown

Ewing Miles Brown

Jeanne Carmen

Jeanne Carmen

Robert Fuller

Robert Fuller

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Burton Gilliam

Burton Gilliam

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