![]() “The impact of it in the short term is not as bad, but if it continues for a number of additional months, my view would be if it went beyond the end of the year, it would be problematic,” Ellis Jacob said in a Thursday interview. Locals inform that the original concession stand still can be found on Highway 9.TORONTO - As television and film writers passed the 100th day of striking and actors neared a month on the picket lines, the chief executive of Canada's largest cinema chain is hoping “common sense will prevail” and the sides will have reached an agreement by the of the year. Thirty years later, the abandoned screen was dismantled and taken to the Superior 71 Drive-in in Spirit Lake, Iowa. ![]() In 1976, the managers of the Chief from 1973 to 1976 – Laddie Kozak and his wife – bought the theater from the Fridleys and steered it to its closure in 1978. In 1970, the theater was taken over by Fridley Theatres Circuit along with the downtown Grand Theatre. In 1958, the theater bought in-car heaters so that it could operate in colder months on weekends. Also in 1954, the theater went into concessions on the premises in a more serious way incorporating a pizza oven as America was just beginning a nationwide pizza boom. It expanded to 400 cars and bought new projection equipment to start its 1954 season April 1st with “Battle of Rogue River.” and the screen was enlarged to 92 by 56 feet for the 1955 season to accommodate widescreen formats including CinemaScope. The theater hit is stride during the 1954 calendar year. The 4x8 On the final weekend of its 1952 season, a blaze caused by nitrate cartoons catching fire destroyed the projector building causing $8,000 damage, destroying the projectors and the season’s final feature. On June 23, 1952, a storm blew over the telephone-pole screen which closed the theater for nearly two months but did allow for a real screen to be built anchored in 80 tons of concrete. That concept was discontinued at year’s end when the theater installed individual speakers. There was a low power AM radio concept so that patrons could listen on their car radios. They used an indoor type of theater screen but still supported by telephone poles. They would expand to a 340-car capacity as their Chief Drive-In launched on Jwith “At War with the Army.” Much as the Hi-Land Drive-In had done, the central speaker concept was used instead of individual speakers. Johnson acquired property to conceive of a more modern drive-in theater concept for Estherville but it would take a couple of years. But that may have just been too much to consider for the operators. The drive-in theater and restaurant closed for the season on Octowith the theater promising a better experience for 1951. And the concession stand built on Highway 9 was open generally 5p-1a for anyone whether they went to the film. The 200-space drive-in was owned by three partners in Stan Richey, Lester Larsen and Merlyn Clark of Wallingford had a centralized speaker system. The Hi-Land Drive-In Theatre on Highway 9 scheduled its grand opening on with “The Spoilers.” A huge storm destroyed much of the theater just a week before the opening on including the attraction / welcome sign and knocking down the hastily constructed 30’ by 40’ canvas screen supported by telephone poles. ![]() The root beer and fast food stand opened in 1949 but the theater didn’t begin until 1950. ![]() But by 1949, a construction permit was authorized and the Hi-Land Drive-In Theatre was built and another permit allowed a nearby and disconnected concession stand. Estherville’s entry into drive-in theaters was conceptualized and proposed in 1947 but, the city council unanimously voted against the outdoor theatre as well as a drive-in restaurant to serve both passers by and for theater goers as traffic hazards.
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