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Signage for 66 Drive-In, Carthage, Missouri. This is a list of drive-in theaters. A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view films from their cars.
Concession stands were not originally operated by the movie theaters, and food was often sold by people attending the film or by vendors outside of the theater. [1]Movie theaters were at first hostile to food being brought into their facilities, but during the Great Depression, theaters added concession stands as a way to increase revenue in the economically stagnant times. [1]
A drive-in theater/theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.
A marquee outside The Anthem advertises a sold-out Bon Iver concert. The current usage of the modern English word marquee, that in US English refers specifically to a canopy projecting over the main entrance of a theater, which displays details of the entertainment or performers, was documented in the academic journal American Speech in 1926: "Marquee, the front door or main entrance of the ...
Seating layouts are typically similar to the theatre in the round, or proscenium (though the stage will not have a proscenium arch. In almost all cases the playing space is made of temporary staging and is elevated a few feet higher than the first rows of audience. Black box theatre: An unadorned space with no defined playing area. Often the ...
The world's oldest outdoor cinema, still in operation, is Sun Picture Gardens in Broome, Western Australia. Athens has 65 outdoor cinemas. [5] [1] Other outdoor cinemas include the Outdoor Cinema Food Fest in California, Oshkosh's Fly-In theater, [6] Screen on the Green (Atlanta) or Sunset Cinema [7] in Australia.
The lobby is wider than in the movie theater days, and the restrooms have been expanded. [6] The Biograph Theater and adjoining businesses in 2008 redressed to appear as it did in 1934 for the film Public Enemies. The facades of the theater and adjoining businesses were redressed to appear as they did in 1934 for the 2009 film Public Enemies.
A standee is an American term for a large self-standing display promoting a movie, product or event, or point-of-sale advertising, often in the form of a life-size cut-out figure. They are typically made of foam-board, and may range from large self-standing posters to elaborate three-dimensional display devices with moving parts and lights.