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Jolly Roger Drive-In Theatre - Taylor MI

Address: 24745 Van Born Rd

City: Taylor

State: MI

Zip: 48180

County: Wayne

Open: 1954 (9-15-54)

Closed: 1990

Capacity: 1000 (1957) - 1600 (1977)

Owner History: Nicholas George

Number of visits to this page: 22370

General Information:

From Cinema Treasures

The Jolly Roger Drive-In opened September 15, 1954 with Burt Lancaster in “Apache” & Cameron Mitchell in “Gorilla at Large”. It had a pirate ship painting on the rear of its 122 feet wide screen.

There was a play area with ten rides, including a merry-go-round and a ferris wheel. Operated by Nicholas George Theatres Inc., it was closed in 1990. The drive-in had a capacity for 1,600 cars.

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Info Updates:

7/5/2011 - Jon C.

The movie Northville Cemetery Massacre was actually filmed in 1972 and not released until 1976 (IMDb). Hence, the pictures below are actually from 1972.

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