{"id":340,"date":"2009-10-08T17:17:56","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2009-10-08T17:17:56","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T17:17:56","slug":"remembering-the-fountain-valley-drive-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2009\/10\/08\/remembering-the-fountain-valley-drive-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering The Fountain Valley Drive In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Twenty-five years ago, Orange County quietly bid farewell to the grandest of it&#8217;s eleven drive-ins. Opened in July of 1967, the <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/fountain-valley-drive-in\/#more-106\" target=\"_blank\">Fountain Valley Drive-In <\/a>had the shortest run of any county ozoner (aside from the Star Vu&#8217;s pseudo drive-in setup), but, what the venue lacked in longevity, it more than made up for in notoriety.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveIn68.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-339\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Fountain Valley Drive In 1968\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveIn68.jpg\" alt=\"Fountain Valley Drive In 1968\" width=\"600\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveIn68.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveIn68-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveIn68-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Opened as Orange County&#8217;s tenth drive-in and Pacific Theatres&#8217; seventy-fifth site, the 2,000 car Fountain Valley featured a host of firsts,\u00a0largest, and genre milestones.\u00a0Perhaps, the most prominent of features\u00a0was the venue&#8217;s enormous, curved, 90&#8242; by 140&#8242; screen, but that was far from the only notable amenity. First outdoor cinema to break the $1 million construction cost barrier, first to have a supervised children&#8217;s playground,\u00a0first to utilize illuminated fountains in the landscaping, largest cinema snack bar; the drive-in was justly billed as a modern wonder of entertainment.\u00a0Yet, as with it&#8217;s peers, the Fountain Valley ultimately fell victim to\u00a0changing movie going tastes and skyrocketing property values. The dancing illuminated fountains and giant screen fell dark on the night of October 7, 1984 and were soon replaced by a hospital.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveInFountains68.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Fountain Valley Drive In Fountains 1968\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveInFountains68.jpg\" alt=\"Fountain Valley Drive In Fountains 1968\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveInFountains68.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveInFountains68-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/FountainValleyDriveInFountains68-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years ago, Orange County quietly bid farewell to the grandest of it&#8217;s eleven drive-ins. Opened in July of 1967, the Fountain Valley Drive-In had the shortest run of any county ozoner (aside from the Star Vu&#8217;s pseudo drive-in setup), but, what the venue lacked in longevity, it more than made up for in notoriety. 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