Pickwick Drive In

Pickwick Drive In

     This drive in theater opened on 5/12/1949.  It had a capacity of 781 cars.  The movie screen was 50 feet wide.  The theater was originally operated by Cal-Pac theaters. Movies shown at the debut were Red Stallion in the  Rockies with Arthur Franz and Lucky Stiff with Dorothy Lamour.

     The Pickwick closed on 9/10/1989.  It was torn down in 10/1989. The site is now occupied by Rancho Markerplace               The Pickwick theater site was a prime location for filmimg due to.its location near Burbank studios Walt Disney, Columbia Pictures, and Warner Brothers.  The theater was used in movies Blue Thunder, Christine, and Saint Ives.