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Feature film — 2001

Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)

8.00h 57mDocumentary

A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America's greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-in's birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.

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Director: Kurt Kuenne

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Cast & crew

Leonard Maltin as

Leonard Maltin

Samuel Z. Arkoff as

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Barry Corbin as

Barry Corbin

Ewing Miles Brown as

Ewing Miles Brown

Jeanne Carmen as

Jeanne Carmen

Robert Fuller as

Robert Fuller

Beverly Garland as

Beverly Garland

Burton Gilliam as

Burton Gilliam

M

Michael Granberry

Ann Robinson as

Ann Robinson

Chill Wills as

Chill Wills

John Bloom as Himself

John Bloom

Himself

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