The first drive-in theaters welcomed even the **isiest families
 

The first drive-in theaters welcomed even the **isiest families
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In May 1933, Richard Hollingshead, a sales manager at an auto products store in Camden, New Jersey, patented a new idea: an outdoor cinema where people could watch films from the comfort and privacy of their cars.

Hollingshead was motivated to develop the idea after witnessing his mother’s difficulty sitting comfortably in a movie theater. He tested out various arrangements of projector, screen, radio and cars in his own driveway, eventually settling on the auditorium-like configuration of a screen facing a ****** of raised terraces that gave each car an u**bstructed view. Read more...

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