In the 1950s, there were over 4,000 drive-in movie theaters in America. Since the glory days of outdoor cinema, that number has dwindled to about 400, most of which are falling apart. Local ...

Drive-in theaters grew from a single New Jersey lot in 1933 to nearly 5,000 screens nationwide by the late 1950s, fueled by postwar suburban expansion. The drive-in served entirely different social ...