| Even though there are plenty of entertainment | | | | reached its peak during the 1950s and 1960s, |
| options these days thanks to hi-tech innovations | | | | which is around the same time when most baby |
| like DVD players and I-pods, baby boomers still | | | | boomers first began driving and dating. |
| crave for those simpler times when going to the | | | | The year 1958 saw around 4,063 drive-in |
| movies meant fun at drive-in movie theaters. | | | | theaters in the country, which is the highest |
| The very first outdoor movie screening that led | | | | number of drive-in theaters in the country, as per |
| to the invention of the drive-in theatre took place | | | | the United Drive-in Theater Owners Association. |
| on June 6, 1933, thanks to Richard M. Hollingshead. | | | | Unfortunately, today only a tenth of these drive-in |
| Hollingshead made good use of the space | | | | theaters are operational. |
| between trees in his backyard; he hung a white | | | | The 1970s and 1980s found thousands of drive-in |
| bed sheet between two trees to make a | | | | theaters shutting down, in order to make way for |
| makeshift screen, used the hood of his car to | | | | all the new forms of entertainment that were |
| mount a 1928 Kodak projector, and used a radio | | | | catching on, like television and multiplexes. |
| for sound, which was strategically placed behind | | | | However, the trend started reversing in the |
| the so-called screen. | | | | 1990s, with many new drive-in theaters being |
| The 1940s saw drive-in theaters in as many as | | | | constructed and the old ones reopening their |
| 27 states across the US, but the maximum | | | | doors once again. |
| number of drive-in theaters in the country | | | | |