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Hilltop Drive-In Theatre - Escanaba MI

Address: 4965 Danforth Rd.

City: Escanaba

State: MI

Zip: 49829

County: Delta

Open: 1954 (5-1-53)

Closed: 1989

Capacity: 31

Owner History: Delft Theatres (1956) Mescop (1977) M. Peterson (1985)

Number of visits to this page: 7946

General Information:

From Cinema Treasures

The Hilltop Drive-In was operated by Delft Theatres when it opened and later by Mescop and then M. Peterson. The drive-in opened on May 1, 1953 with Charlton Heston in “The Savage”. It had a car capacity listed at 500 with a single screen. It is listed as closing in 1989 and has since been demolished.

From WWW (me)

I found a smattering of articles on the theater, most notably one about a worker dying while painting the place in 1968 and a burglary in 1955. Also a vandalism report in 1966.

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Info Updates:

9/30/2003 - WaterWinterWonderland

The lonely ticket booth stands as a witness to the residential development that takes place at the former site of the Hilltop Drive-In. The site is named Hilltop Estates and one of the streets is named Theater, which will remind the local residents of the heritage of the location as a DI.

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