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Peter Berrett
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 602
From: Victoria, Australia
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-07-2001 04:05 AM

Hi all

Do any or did any drive-ins in North America ever have air-conditioning ducts like this drive-in?
http://www.gulf-news.co.ae/gn/emirates/0208973.htm#1

cheers Peter

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Dave Bird
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 777
From: Perth, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 05-07-2001 07:59 AM

I can't recall where, but I've read about this being done back in the day. Apparently it wasn't long before the asbestos underground tubes became rodent housing. Lucky patrons would open up their tube and have a mouse (or worse) deposited on their lap! Urban legend or true?????? The Rex looks to have huge speaker posts, maybe the A/C units are there.........

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Barry Floyd
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1079
From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 05-07-2001 02:04 PM

I've read about the "rodent blowers" in one of Don and Susan Sanders drive-in books. I've got both books, so I can't remember which book it was.

Seems like it would be a very expensive undertaking!

Dave... where's your photo? I've been speaking to just your name for almost a year now.
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Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
Nashville, Tennessee
(Drive-In Theatre - Start-Up)

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 05-07-2001 03:39 PM

http://www.boxoff.com/july98story1.html

"... built into the Lake Worth Drive-In in Lake Worth, Fla. Here, a central air-conditioning system sat at the back of the theatre lot. It operated during the film ..."
http://www.chennaibest.com/cityresources/Entertainment/movies/listofmovietheatre.asp

"Prarthana Beach Drive-in theatre complex also houses a mini air-conditioned theatre 'Aradhana' which has 305 seats."

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

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William Hooper
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1879
From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-08-2001 02:21 AM

Someday, all the jam-packed, minutely memorized & organized for instant recall & reference things inside will cause John Pytlak's head to just blow up.

Boom! There'll be SMPTE specs, cotton gloves, old movie musicals, light meters, & projector parts everywhere & they'll NEVER be able to clean it all up.

Think about that next time you look at something & realize there may be a danger to remembering just one thing too many.

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