1/9/2024 0 Comments Skyvue drive in theater![]() How long after that time it was still operating I cannot remember. ![]() I just wanted to add that this drive in – the Sky Vue – was opened at least until 1964 or 1965 whenever “Carpetbaggers” was released. I remember a new road and bridge were built from Rohrerstown Road to get to the Comet. Mostly soft core from what I had heard Drive-In 54 on Januat 12:43 pm. Up for auction is an Original Speaker from the SKY VUE DRIVE-IN THEATRE, that I hand selected, in NICE, Theatre Fresh Working condition, for this auction. I remember seeing Flesh Gordon here in 1974. This was primarily and XX rated Drive In. The Comet was doomed when they made Route 283 a limited access highway and they had to change the entrance to one of the roads that surrounded the theatre. The lot’s still intact with rows and everything, but no structures remain. The Chertcoff company also operated the Comet Drive In theatre West of Lancaster off of what is now Route 283. I remember for the Summer holidays there would have one of those all night 4 or 5 feature shows. There was a long driveway from route 30 to the entrance and box office. It feels great In the ‘90s, Dad kept it going, Steve said. The screen was in the back and was perpendicular to the highway. Sky-Vu is one of the top 10 oldest (drive in theaters) in the world still going, Steve Novak said. The last time I was there, if you drive to the back of the center the light poles were still there that were on either side of the screen. ![]() Periodically the drive in showed first run movies, but most of the time they were either second run or “b movies.” The drive in was located where the Tanger Outlet center is now. The Sky-Vue Drive-In opened on Jwith Bing Crosby in Pennies From Heaven. It was closed in 2011 but reopened for the 2014 & 2015 season, but closed as a 35mm operation, unable to raise funds for digital projection. Located in Midtown in the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis. The drive-in was open seasonally from May thru September. Car capacity is listed at 500 with sound over FM radio and pole speakers. The Sky-Vu Drive-In was a single screen drive-in with a capacity for 200 cars. I remember going there to see the “very adult” movie “The Carpetbaggers” with George Peppard. The Skyvue Drive-In was opened June 9, 1967. ![]() The Sky Vue Drive in was in operation until at least the mid 1960’s. ![]()
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