Crest Drive-In Theatre Joplin Missouri Historical Page

12/25/2025

03/21/2025

Hope everyone had a good one!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year 2025!

12/23/2024

Looking for a good Christmas Holiday Movie to watch? Here's the one where the public was first introduced to the song, "White Christmas" (in a movie) by Bing Crosby. It was first introduced on the radio a year before on Bing Crosby's NBC radio show The Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day, 1941. Enjoy Holiday Inn if you get a chance!

1h 40m | Approved

12/07/2024

Merry "Early" Christmas from Crest Drive-In Theatre! Since the Drive-In no longer exists, that doesn't mean we can't live on in cyber space! This months "Special Feature" is newly released "lost scenes" from The Polar Express! Enjoy, and Merry Christmas! Click below for a short alternate version of the ice drift scene!

Crazy Polar Express Train Crash Sequence Animation Made In Blender By Landon Fernald.Based On The Classic Frozen Lake Ice Drift Scene…Polar Express UNHINGED ...

12/07/2024

Happy "Early" Christmas! Stay tuned on the next post for a special version of The Polar Express!

09/16/2024

Been awhile since a post. When I stumble on rare photos I get them posted! Enjoy!

06/06/2024

June 6 is National Drive-In Movie Day to commemorate the day the first drive-in theater opened in 1933.

On June 6, 1933, eager motorists park their automobiles on the grounds of Camden Drive-In, the first-ever drive-in movie theater, located on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

Park-In Theaters–the term “drive-in” came to be widely used only later–was the brainchild of Richard Hollingshead, a movie fan and a sales manager at his father’s company, Whiz Auto Products, in Camden. Reportedly inspired by his mother’s struggle to sit comfortably in traditional movie theater seats, Hollingshead came up with the idea of an open-air theater where patrons watched movies in the comfort of their own automobiles.

He experimented in the driveway of his own house with different projection and sound techniques, mounting a 1928 Kodak projector on the hood of his car, pinning a screen to some trees, and placing a radio behind the screen for sound. He also tested ways to guard against rain and other inclement weather, and devised the ideal spacing arrangement for a number of cars so that all would have a view of the screen.

The young entrepreneur received a patent for the concept in May of 1933 and opened Park-In Theaters, Inc. less than a month later, with an initial investment of $30,000. Advertising it as entertainment for the whole family, Hollingshead charged 25 cents per car and 25 cents per person, with no group paying more than one dollar. The idea caught on, and after Hollingshead’s patent was overturned in 1949, drive-in theaters began popping up all over the country. One of the largest was the All-Weather Drive-In of Copiague, New York, which featured parking space for 2,500 cars, a kid’s playground and a full service restaurant, all on a 28-acre lot.

Credit and LINK TO FULL ARTICLE HERE!
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-drive-in-movie-theater-opens

04/26/2024

Still some late 80's posters from Eastgate Theatre in Joplin are available at Greenwood Country Store LLC south of Diamond on Hwy E. Some good ones are still left! Open tomorrow at 10am to 6pm!

03/09/2024

Beautiful day to peruse thru some old movie posters and have some fresh popped popcorn! Greenwood Country Store LLC has your ticket! Enjoy some of the last remaining items that hung on the walls of Eastgate Theatre!

03/08/2024

Ever wanted to own movie works of Art? These movie posters from the 1980's are just that! A lot of the Theatres now are going to monitors. Here is your chance to own some of the last pieces of of Eastgate Theatre in Joplin that still exist! The 3RD batch of Vintage Original Movie Posters from Eastgate is here at Greenwood Country Store LLC! We are open TODAY-Saturday from 10am to 6pm.

02/29/2024

Ever wanted to own movie works of Art? These movie posters from the 1980's are just that! A lot of the Theatres now are going to monitors. Here is your chance to own some of the last pieces of of Eastgate Theatre in Joplin that still exist! The 2nd batch of Vintage Original Movie Posters from Eastgate is here at Greenwood Country Store LLC! We are open tomorrow Thursday-Saturday from 10am to 6pm. And Sunday 12pm - 5pm.