Long Beach Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California • Page 30

Circle Drive-in BEACH (CALIF WEDNESDAY LIF) PRESS-TELEGRAM APRIL 4 1951 i 8 LONG Our jj Opens Tonight Best Wishes DRIVE-IN THEATRE HAILED as the most modem of its type in the nation the new Circle Drive-In theater will be opened to the CIRCLE Pacific Coast Highway at the Traffic Circle White Wholesale Co HEAVY SCENtt-on Morgan comes between a menacing Steve Cochran and lively Dorothy Hart in this scene from "Raton Pass" opening offerCg at the new Circle Drive-in Theater Patricia thjj film of adventure and public tonight The theater located on 15 acres at Pacific Coast Hwy at the Traffic Circle will hold a benefit premiere tonight and those who saw a test last night were strong in praise for the huge screen and near-perfect sound offered Two good iilms to Tuc son" with Wayne Mbrris and Cameron and filmed in Technicolor and Pass" with Dennis Morgan and Steve Cochran plus news and comics are offered on the opening bill are welcomed but must be kept in the cars The policy will be to change shows twice weekly playing the latest pictures available Long Beach 121 Linden Ave Phone 76461 PHONE Neal also stars in high romance AN £AGU DRIVE-IN THEATRE FINEST DRFvg-IN THEATRE ACCESSIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION! opening culminates more than a year of planning and work Owned and operated by Eagle Theaters Corp headed by Thornton Howell with his brother James Howell afc secretary-treasurer the Circle Drive-in is the fourth such theater opened by them The Long Beach theater embodies Liked Drive-in So Took Over Bamie Warrick youthful looking manager of the new Circle Drive-In theater which bpens tonight really is a veteran of show business He has been Working in theaters for many years starting at the age RIDE WITH TERROR Rod Cameron and Kay Buckley face bullet-backed odds in this scene from "Stage to Tucson" on the AT ONG BEACH TfeAFFIC CIRCLE IN PERSON' RADIO STARS STAGE SHOW AND PRESENTATION OF STARS 8:40 ON THE THE PERFECT PROGRAM atBi soJ BOOFFICE OPEN TONIGHT 4:00 SCREEN STARS TELEVISION STARS GIANT SCREEN FOR ENTIRE FAMILY Mcrwai COiUMUA Of HM Star On Ml tMKfllMlWAMMMMl MARRY JOE BROWN UM 'kMMlMltMl (MwmnnmMT SCOOP! 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ACADEMY AWARD WINNING SHORT SUBJECTS GERALD lcBOIHG BOING (Color Cartoon) GRAND BAD OF THE RACES (Short) LATEST NWS and TWO COLOR CARTOONS THIS PROGRAM PLAYS WEDS THURS FRI SAT not only all of the main points of their other drive-ins but many new features Bamie Warrick manager ays the new theater has the largest screen of any in the country The picture itself will be 70 feet by 46 feet i SPACE FOB 1000 CABS The projector is the 'latest In equipment from RCA Each aisle is equipped with ramp lights and each speaker post has a pilot light In addition the posts are covered with luminous paint There is parking-viewing space for 1000 motor cars The snack bar has 85 feet of counter space and Is designed for speed in serving There are two 16-foot windows from the snack bar overlooking the screen and the interior is wired for sound so that visitors in there will not miss any of the film It is planned to install playground equipment of all kinds shortly for the entertainment of tots either before or during the shows The show will start each evening at dusk and the gates will be opened an hour before Music will be provided on the speakers until the picture starts Pets of 13 introduction into drive-ins came when he and his wife and child attended one two years ago in Burlingame liked it so well I told Mrs Warrick for And six months later I was managing that Warrick has been with many theater chains including Interstate and Fox and has worked In Various posts including theater manager advertising director and advance booking manager opening program at the new Circle Drive-in Theater tonight Others in the cast are Wayne Morris Sally Eilers and Carl Beaton Reid HOLLYWOOD Members of RKO location crew in Bob Mitchum Faces Film Knife Thrower HOLLYWOOD Augie Gomez professional knife thrower was hired to knife a profile of Robert Mitchum for a thrill scent: in Kind of Woman" Mitchum had to hold his head a couple of inches inside the profile Gomez performed the stunt successfully but he like it was soaked with perspiration when it was over" he said Mitchum as nervous as I Superstitious Indians Burn Movie Dwelling Arizona where Robert Young Janis Carter and Jack Buetel starred in Half Breed" learned that Navajo Indians are as superstitious as Caucasians The day before filming began 13 tents were erected on the location site to house the Indians The following morning it was discovered that one of the tents had been destroyed by fire Anxiously Director Edward Ludwig asked the Navajo chief if anyone had been burned or other- Marines Help HOLLYWOOD Working on 75 acres of rugged terrain near Camp Pendleton CallL Marine Corps members of the 7th Engineer Battalion helped movie technicians build huge sets for the filming of Edmund Grainger's RKO Radio drama The Marine Corps also donated 5000 sandbags 500 55-gallon metal gas drums and other needed wise hurt one hurt" the chief calmly answered tents Much bad We fixum Now everything fy LAWLESS Rod Cameron and Carl Benton Reid are shown in tcene from "Stage to Tuc i tonight at to be shown tonigh opening of the Drive-in Pass" Theater the new Circle with "Raton TOM DOPTIS Your Union Oil and Gas Doalor 1901 Lakewood Just North of Traffic Circla Welcomes Our New Neighbor THE CIRCLE DRIVE-IN THEATRE Pacific Coast Highway at tha Traffic Circla ALL PLASTERING MATERIALS Usod In tho Now and Modern CIRCLE DRIVE-IN THEATRE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE FURNISHED BY LEEBRICK FISHER 1851 EAST 19TH ST Long Baach 47-8334 ln Baaeli 48-0114 MMINTtS BY STEVE tDENNIS PATRICIA -SCOn FORBES MN DJ9m ifUi cnunJt ijadiu Screen Rjy by Tom Blackburn nd James RWebb CIRCLE KENNEDY INVESTMENT CO -1 jjj ENGINEERING CO 1121 Security Bldg Long Beach Is Pleased to 949 South Street San Bernardino Califi Hae Co-operated In Bringing to Long Beach America's Finest I M4i andMost Up-to-Date COMING SUNDAY Judy Holliday and her Academy Award winning acting will be teen by Circle Drive-In Theater crowds starting Sunday The theater hat booked "Born Yetterday for the change of bill Sunday Betidet Judy othert in the catt in dude Broderick Crawford and William Holden We Are Extremely Happy toj Have Been Chosen to Furnish the SNACK BAR UNIFORMS and LINEN SUPPLIES at the Circle Drive-In Theatre TO THE THEATRE DESIGNED TO ANTICIPATE YOUR EVERY DESIRE Circle Drive-In Theatre PACIFIO COAST HlBHWAT AT THE TRAFFIO CIRCLE ALL NEON DISPLAY CREATED AND INSTALLED DEXTER Drive-in Theatre DESIGNERS and BUILDERS of Ou Congratulations CIRCLE AND COMPANY DRltE-IN THEATRE Vi Pacific Cocit Highway at tha Traffic Circla Queen City Linen Supply Co 2938 East Anaheim Phone 8-6739 CIRCLE DRIVE-IN THEATRE i Pacific Coast Hwy at the Traffic Circla SAN BERNARDINO Pacific Coast Highway at tha Traffic Circla CM.