Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie Page #4

Synopsis: Once a vibrant part of American culture, drive-ins reached their peak in the late 50s with almost 5,000 dotting the nation. Although drive-ins are experiencing a resurgence, today less than 400 remain. In a nation that loves cars and movies, why haven't they survived?
Director(s): April Wright
Production: Passion River Films
 
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2013
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with the carbon arc. The carbons actually created

a flame. It was very hot, very dangerous. The flame reflected the light

through a reflector and then out through the lens. -You just have to have

two projectors. You'd have your first reel

on one projector and your second reel

on the next projector. -Film reels were 20 minutes, and that is because of

the length of the carbon. You would have five to six reels

of film to make up one feature. At the end of every reel,

in the upper right-hand corner, there's what they call

changeover cues, and they

basically go unnoticeable, unless to the trained eye. On the second cue, you would actually do

the changeover with a foot pedal and an electric shutter

that simultaneously opened the shutter on the machine

you were going to start and close

the one that was running. -And that movie

would come back on. People wouldn't even know

it happened. -Of course, everyone remembers

the old speaker boxes that used to hang

on the car windows. -That's one thing that is, you know,

a great icon of the drive-in, is the drive-in theater speaker

that you hang on your window, and you don't drive away

while you're still connected. -In the ground,

they were laying this wire that coming up the poles

that carried the speakers. So you had all of that

as a component of construction. -And they put little down lights

so that you could see the poles. -The sound was confined

through the theater area. It just revolutionized sound

back then. A lot of drive-ins didn't pay

royalty fees. The ensuing court battle

proved futile. They started springing up

around the country. - There's a great drive-in

'bout a mile out of town Gonna be there with my baby

when the sun goes down One for the money,

two for the show We're hoppin' in my hot rod

to go, go, go, go Drivin' at the drive-in The hippies keep a-ridin' Feelin' good and groovin',

groovy like a movie Drivin'

at the drive-in tonight -Late 1940s, early 1950s,

the big thing of the time was to go into

the drive-in movie business. -Can't forget the marquee. That's definitely a lot

of drive-ins' claim to fame. [ Oldies music plays ] -It was hugely popular

in the 1950s. Marquees were made

mostly of neon. [ Music continues ] As a second marquee,

the back of the screen tower sometimes would have

moving artwork in neon. Something that would attract

your attention. - I feel all right Gonna go some more

next Saturday night Drivin' at the drive-in -Another aspect to that

is the murals. A lot of them had murals

on the back, a lot of neon. -As you're driving by,

all of a sudden, boom. "Ooh, look at that colorful

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April Wright

April Wright is an American female writer, director and producer. Her debut narrative feature as a writer and director, Layover, won the Silver Lei Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival. more…

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