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1. I worked in a Drive-In concession stand in the mid-to-late 70's

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 08:01 AM

Mar 28

Summers of course, while in high school and during college break. It was an incredible experience, with an accompanying cast of co-employees so eccentric, diverse and ethically starved you could use it for the base of a movie about Drive-Ins (think of "a day in the life" film, like Carwash).

I should try my hand at a screenplay, actually.

Eastlake Drive-In, Eastlake Ohio, on Vine Street. Cleveland metro area. Long gone, land is now a big box retailer, and maybe some housing.

Biggest show we had in my time was Smokey and the Bandit. Sellouts, two weekend in a row.

Don't eat movie theatre food. Smuggle in your own.

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Retrospective/Memories: Drive-In Movies [View all] Not Heidi Mar 28 OP

I worked in a Drive-In concession stand in the mid-to-late 70's Auggie Mar 28 #1

I would like to have worked with Not Heidi Mar 28 #2

Movie food: Auggie Mar 28 #3

I really liked . . . Not Heidi Mar 28 #8

Need a ticket taker who looks like they'd been working there since 1948. Auggie Mar 28 #15

I loved drive-ins. lark Mar 28 #4

I loved that movie about Patsy Cline Not Heidi Mar 28 #7

My parents would load us (5 kids) into the turquoise and white 57 chevy station wagon - loved that car zeusdogmom Mar 28 #5

My mom made the same 🍿🍿🍿 Not Heidi Mar 28 #6

I remember the Geronimo Drive-In in Sierra Vista, Arizona when I was a kid. Aristus Mar 28 #9

That's a nice coincidence, Aristus Not Heidi Mar 28 #10

Very. Aristus Mar 28 #11

I hope you took her kind attitude Not Heidi Mar 28 #12

Oh yeah; no sweat. Aristus Mar 28 #13

City boy Conjuay Mar 28 #14

Were there any drive-ins Not Heidi Mar 28 #16

I saw the first Star Wars movie at a drive-in, circa 1977. Earth-shine Mar 29 #17

Ours, too. Not Heidi Mar 29 #18

one time mom took all of us to see thumblina in the rain @ the azusa drive in. we all fell asleep. AllaN01Bear Mar 29 #19

That was where I saw Elvis Presley movies. lpbk2713 Mar 30 #20