Sunset Drive-In Theater, off of Sunset Drive: 1980s 7 comments
The Sunset Drive-In was at the top of the hill where Sunset Drive turns into River Road. The drive-in wasn't actually on Sunset Drive, but was, I believe on the intersecting Clemnet Road. The site is now a church, and as far as I can tell, nothing of the drive-in remains.
The theater ad comes from The State on 15 April 1973, and the place had apparently already gone porno by that time. I believe it stayed X-rated until it closed. I'm a bit hazy about when that was, but I don't think it lasted into the 1990s.
7 Responses to 'Sunset Drive-In Theater, off of Sunset Drive: 1980s'
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Del
12 Sep 09 at 11:00 pm
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In fact I dont think I ever went to this Drive-In even when it was showing other movies that adult flix.. I remember going to the on on Devine/Ft. Jackson Blvd back in the 60's, and the one past the old Atlantic Thrif Store that sat the ticket booth sat on a hill, but the screen I think was down in a slope of somekind..but dont remember for sure. And I do remember vaugely the one by the State Fair grounds that sat across the street from there..with the overflow screen.. Dont think I went to the one on Beltline either.
Del
12 Sep 09 at 11:05 pm
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They were showing x-rated movies at least as late as 1986.
Don't ask me how I know that.
Dennis
13 Sep 09 at 8:02 pm
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As I recall it was abandoned by the early 90s.
12 Jan 13 at 11:24 am
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I wish I could remember the name of the manager. His first name was Mike and his wife was Lynn but cannot remember last name. They were my neighbors and I helped them
Out in the concession stand in the early or mid 70’s.Candy Coey
9 Jan 20 at 9:55 pm
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I looked up the Baptist church and it opened in 1974. I can only imagine what kind of sermon ammunition it gave the pastor being next to a drive-in that showed 'blue' and x rated movies. I also wonder if in the beginning they utilized the drive-in for parking on Sundays with the possibility of finding condoms on the ground after Saturday night.
Etienne Culler
19 Apr 22 at 6:49 pm
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I looked up the Baptist church next door and it opened in 1974. I can only imagine what kind of sermon ammunition it gave the pastor being next to a drive-in that showed 'blue' and x rated movies. I also wonder if in the beginning they utilized the drive-in for parking on Sundays with the possibility of finding condoms on the ground after Saturday night.
Etienne Culler
19 Apr 22 at 6:51 pm
Isnt it SO appropriate that a Church sits where the Sunset Drive-In used to be? How of a fitting end is that?..I think it's really funny knowing all that went on in that Drive-In parking lot and the movies? that they showed, and now a Church sits on that same spot...how good does it get? Ironic isnt it??