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Originally Posted by Drag Star Le Mans
The Blue Fox might still be open on Whidbey Island just south of Oak Harbor, Washington. That is the only one I know of in all of western Washington? There used to be a 20 or more back in the 70s into the early/mid 80s. Then they started closing down for all kinds of stupid stuff. Car lots, college parking lots, storage lots, shopping centers? Almost every town had one, bigger cities had 2 or 3. One of these was located right by the freeway. I clearly remember driving by when they were showing Fast Times at Ridgemont High, yes when the pool clip was showing.
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Actually, the two I mentioned in my other post are also in Western Washington.
The Wheel-Inn Motor Movie is near Port Townsend, not far from the airport.
The other theatre is
The Rodeo Drive-In, which is on the Belfair Highway, about half way between Belfair and Gorst.
It is the Wheel-Inn that uses the projector that used to be for The Big Bear Drive-In out in Poulsbo (which closed about 25 years ago).
The Rodeo still holds their flea market on the weekends in the spring and summer months.
I picked up a nice old Stanley plane there.
When I was in high school we had The Big Bear out in Poulsbo, The Kitsap Lake Drive-in in Bremerton and The Rodeo out in Belfair.
The Kitsap Lake had the best neon sign. The big indian chief shooting his bow and arrow over the marquee. A work of art, to say the least.
I understand that sign now hangs in some museum somewhere around here.
I think the Sno-King, over in King County, was the biggest. They had like 5 or 6 screens. Huge!
The Rodeo still has 3.
Next time I'm out on Whidbey (or as my mom calls it, "Wee-Bee"
), I'll have to see if The Blue Fox is still showing movies..
I read a few years ago that there are only 5 drive-in's left in Washington now. =(
Ponchy