French Village Drive-In, East St. Louis, IL 62203 - Image Galery

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Added: 12/31/2007

screen tower, box office, and marquee

Credit: Justin West

Added: 12/31/2007

screen

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Added: 12/31/2007

concessions building

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exit

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marquee

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Marquee

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Added: 12/31/2007

Box office entrance with screen tower in the background

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Added: 12/31/2007

Screen tower from an angle

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Screen tower close-up

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Screen tower at sundown

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Ramped field with speaker poles and project building

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Added: 12/31/2007

Screen tower with Vaudeville stage at base

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Box office and entrance building

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Box office close-up

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Box office close-up

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Box office interior

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Added: 12/31/2007

Screen tower from a distance

Credit: Jen Kipp Sherer

Added: 12/31/2007

TerraServer image

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Added: 8/22/2002

Ticket Booth Trash

Credit: Justin West

Added: 9/1/2002

See-Saws that have seen the bygone era

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Added: 9/1/2002

Abandoned arc lamphouse

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Added: 9/1/2002

A staple from the past

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Added: 9/1/2002

Generating no longer...in projection booth

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Added: 9/1/2002

Exit stage left!

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Added: 9/1/2002

French Village Marqee

Credit: Mark Schwigen

Added: 9/4/2002

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Added: 9/22/2002

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Credit: Norman Plant

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Credit: Norman Plant

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Credit: Norman Plant

Added: 9/22/2002

iltfren032.mov

Credit: Kipp Jen Sherer

Added: 5/1/2004

iltfren033.mov

Credit: Kipp, Jen, And Jon Sherer

Added: 5/1/2004

iltfren034.mov

Credit: Kipp, Jen, And Jon Sherer

Added: 5/1/2004

Terraserver image taken 1997

Credit: Kenny Foor

Added: 6/29/2004

Projection ports

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Added: 4/1/2005

Appearance of the concession building`s interior

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Added: 4/1/2005

Whats left of the old French Village drive

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

Credit: Jeffrey Bezz

Added: 11/19/2005

The interior of a new French Village concessions building that was built c.1966.

Credit: John Story

Added: 1/21/2006

The exterior of the new French Village concessions building.

Credit: John Story

Added: 1/21/2006

This is a picture inside the bottom of the screen, there were doors that opened outward maybe for concessions?

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

They started removing the entrance ticket booth exterior. marquee and screen from highway.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

Looking out of the screen toward the back of the entrance, some of the metal had already been removed from the screen tower.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

Entrance Ticket booth

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Added: 3/27/2006

HUGE screen look how tall the screen tower is in relation to the truck. this is after the white screen board was removed.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

This area was in the bottom of the screen tower facing the parking area. Notice doors that opened in maybe for concessions?

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

This picture is looking up into the screen tower from inside, pretty cool. Lots of wood.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

This is the right side from the front, notice the Cool DRIVE-IN THEATRE neon lettering. They tore all of it down with the screen. Very sad.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

Looking up from the parking area left side of screen. It looked so tall from the ground.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

Notice how sturdy the screen was, 2x12's sandwiched together. Magnificent.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

This is from the Exit roadway next to the Parking area, the concession stand was to my left.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

Looking left across screen. Truck has to be about 10ft tall. Screen must have been 70ft tall at least. I remember watching many movies on that screen.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

Another picture from inside screen, looking across the screen. There was a ladder going up inside the screen to the top. It had a metal cage around it so you wouldn't fall.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

I found these Teeter Totters from the playground, in the lower level of the screen. There were actual rooms for storage in the bottom of the screen.

Credit: Doug Wolf

Added: 3/27/2006

One of the destroyed ticket booths

Credit: Erwin Minder

Added: 6/2/2006

Another vandalised ticket booth

Credit: Erwin Minder

Added: 6/2/2006

Looking up at the marquee

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Added: 6/2/2006

Center of the V-shaped marquee

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Added: 6/2/2006

Middle part of marquee with only one piece of neon tubing missing

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Added: 6/2/2006

Overgrown projection booth

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Added: 6/2/2006

Fall scenery of concession building (compare with advertisement)

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Added: 6/2/2006

Projection booth sitting lonely on the overgrown field

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Added: 6/3/2006

Side view of the projection booth. Behind the open door have been the generators. Squeezed between the machinery was a toilet seat (without walls) for the projectionist making it a very special place amidst the humming generators.

Credit: Erwin Minder

Added: 6/3/2006

Picture of the screen tower and ticket booths from the access road

Credit: Erwin Minder

Added: 6/3/2006

Area behind the ticket booths. A cluster of speaker poles can be seen in the distance on the right

Credit: Erwin Minder

Added: 6/3/2006

Looking back at the screen and ticket booths

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Added: 6/3/2006

A peek into the "tower" of the ticket booths where supplies have been stored

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Added: 6/3/2006

Aerial view of drive-in

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Added: 7/3/2007

Aerial view of drive-in

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Added: 7/3/2007

This is whats left now

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Added: 7/28/2007

This is whats left now

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Added: 7/28/2007

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Added: 2/16/2008

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Added: 2/16/2008

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Added: 2/16/2008

aerial view

Credit: Brian Grunst

Added: 6/30/2008

Credit: Sean McElroy

Added: 7/31/2010

TerraServer map of former site

Credit: Tberger

Added: 8/28/2011

Google Earth image with former site outlined

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Added: 8/28/2011

Just a small remnant of the entrance road remains

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Added: 8/28/2011