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The First Drive-In Theater was invented by Richard M. Hollingshead. Hollingshead worked out the details by hanging a sheet for a screen in his backyard.

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A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. The screen can be as simple as a wall that is painted white, or it can be a complex steel truss structure with a complex finish. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars. Some drive-in theater managers added children's playgrounds between the screen and the first row of cars. Others even went as far as adding miniature railroads, merry-go-rounds, and mini-golf. Concrete patios for lawn chairs were available at some drive-in theaters, as well as indoor seating in the snack bar. Originally, audio was provided by speakers on the screen and later by an individual speaker hung from the window of each car, which would be attached by a wire. This system was superseded by the more economical and less damage-prone method of broadcasting the soundtrack at a low output power on AM or FM Radio to be picked up by a car radio. This method also allows the soundtrack to be picked up in stereo by the audience on an often high fidelity stereo installed in the car instead of monaural through a simple speaker.

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Comment by Thanos on August 13, 2008 at 12:40am: There r still some drive-ins around, they're scarce, but there. I go to one in Riverside, CA all the time and it plays double features, up to date movies, too.

Comment by StrangePassion on April 12, 2008 at 4:33am: New movie coming to the drive-in!

Comment by StrangePassion on April 6, 2008 at 8:04pm: Hey Dr Dread as you know by know I'm so jealous of those that can still go to the drive-in as they don't have any here in Dallas.

What's the next movie you will go to see, what about Iron Man?

Comment by Dr. Dread on April 6, 2008 at 6:36pm: Last movies I saw at the drive in was Batman Begins and House of Wax (the Paris Hilton remake) on a double feature.

That was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It was cool because they had a short range FM transmitter, so you could listen to the movie in your car's stereo system.

Comment by StrangePassion on April 6, 2008 at 4:32am: Why don't we think about investing in them again! Why hasn't someone thought of it????? Its a good idea right?

Comment by corey vire on April 6, 2008 at 3:52am: man driveins rock. its to bad they are nearly extinct. with todays in car theater systems they woul;d kick ass!!!!!!

Comment by StrangePassion on April 6, 2008 at 2:58am: Yes you would have liked it very much, there are some still around so if you're ever traveling and can check out a movie look to see if they have a drive-in, you'll really enjoy it!

Comment by Tyler from Georgia on April 6, 2008 at 2:23am: I wish I lived in the era of the drive-in. It seems that a valuable part of American history has died, only to be found in our history books.