There was a drive-in movie theatre near Newark called Rose City Drive-In which, after decades of idleness and decay, has recently re-opened (surprise, surprise). It was a really cool place to go when I was a kid – a real treat and an extravagance for us in those days. We would sit in the car and watch the movie through the windshield, with a speaker hooked onto the inside of the driver’s side window and wired to a small pole next to the car. We would invariably have a stash of popcorn and what-not from home with us to complete the experience.
I remember us going there one evening for a double-feature (2 movies for the price of 1) – Support Your Local Sheriff (which was hilarious) and Paint Your Wagon, also funny but way too long a movie and I fell asleep before the halfway mark, as I recall.
