Azusa Foothill Drive-In, Azusa, CA 91702

News Items forAzusa Foothill Drive-In

Tue Sep 12 2000: Drive-Ins Manage To Survive
AZUSA, Calif. (AP) At the last drive-in theater on the Southern California leg of historic Route 66, families with children hunker down under blankets as couples sip iced tea before the evening's double feature. By Judy Lin. Associated Press link
Wed Sep 27 2000: Rekindled Romance Now Playing at Drive-In Theaters
AZUSA, Calif. (AP) At the last drive-in theater on the Southern California leg of historic Route 66, families with children hunker down under blankets as couples sip iced tea before the evening's double feature. By Judy Lin. Chicago Tribune link
Sun Jun 03 2001: A rendezvous with nostalgia Partygoers remember heyday of drive-in theater
AZUSA -- Nostalgia buffs got their kicks on Route 66 Saturday as they cruised from as far away as Temecula, some in vintage cars, to the Azusa Foothill Drive-In for a Blast to the Past party celebrating the theater's history. By Diana L. Roemer. San Gabriel Valley Tribune link
Sun Jun 03 2001: Uncapie attends the WAKE for the Grand Old Dame of Drive-ins, The Azusa Foothill
Father Geek here to say goodbye to yet another symbol of America's love affair with the automobile and the motion picture. The Azusa Foothill Drive In Theater passed on this weekend, but she went out with a BANG. Aint It Cool News link
Fri Jun 01 2001: Thats a wrap
Cheers! Section The Blob oozes its way into Azusa tonight, bubbling and gurgling its way down Route 66 and leaving behind more than 40 years of nostalgia in its slimy trail. By Geoffrey Bilau. San Gabriel Valley Tribune link
Mon Jul 09 2001: No More Flicks on Route 66
The 1958 sci-fi thriller sequence in The Blob, projected through a steady drizzle onto the screen of Los Angeles County's last old-style single-screen drive-in, pretty much sums up the beleaguered theater's predicament. By Al Ridenour . Los Angeles Times link
Thu Aug 24 2000: A New Party Place
Set on the Malibu beach circa 1962, the film is a veritable Sally Field hommage, combining elements from both Gidget and Sybil into a candy-colored psychological thriller-slasher movie spoof. By Anne Bergman. Los Angeles Times link
Wed Aug 15 2001: Stranded at the Drive-In
Despite decades of neglect, open-air theaters are making a comeback By Willa Reinhard. Preservation Online link
Wed Aug 01 2001: Cinema En Route
The Past and Future History of Route 66 Drive-Ins By Jon Alon Walz. Box Office Magazine link
Fri Jun 01 2001: University Threatens Asuza Drive-In
The Azusa Foothill Drive-In Theatre, located on historical Route 66 at 675 E. Foothill Boulevard, Azusa, CA 91702, approximately 30 east of Los Angeles, is one of the last remaining drive-ins still operating in the Los Angeles area. By Volume 9, No. 2. Society for Commecial Archeology News link
Fri Feb 01 2002: AZUSA FOOTHILL DRIVE-IN
This afternoon, the State Historical Resources Commission voted unanimously to officially designate the Azusa Foothill Drive-In Theatre as a California historical resource. By Kelli Shapiro. LA Conservancy link
Tue Feb 05 2002: Drive-In Designated as a Landmark
History New status may hinder Azusa Pacific University's plan to razethe theater. By Richard Winton. Los Angeles Times link
Sat Feb 02 2002: Thumbs-up for fans of Foothill Drive-In
Those in favor of saving the Azusa Foothill Drive-In Theatre scored a victory Friday. The state Historical Resources Commission voted to place the 17-acre drive-in on the California Register of Historic Places. By Marianne Love. Whittier Daily News link
Fri Feb 22 2002: Southern Californias Endangered Theaters
Larry Mantle takes a look at the status of several historic movie theaters in Southern California that are threatened with closure and destruction, including the Azusa Foothill Drive-In. Larry speaks with Ken Bernstein from the LA Conservancy. By Larry Mantle. KPCC 89.3 FM link
Fri Feb 01 2002: Death of a Drive-In - Azusa Foothill Theatre
The only operational drive-in theater west of Oklahoma located on historic Route 66 By Joe Fracasse Ida Fracasse. Glendoran Magazine link
Wed May 01 2002: Drive-In Theatre Breathes New Life
When the Azusa (CA) Drive-in was sold to the Azusa Pacific University, a private Christian school, for $6.1 million last year, the theatre was scheduled to face the wrath of a wrecking ball... Route 66 Magazine link
Wed May 01 2002: Azusa Drive-In Gains Historical Resource Status
Demolition Averted For Now. Article contributed by the Los Angeles Conservancy By Volume 10, No. 1. Society for Commecial Archeology News link
Tue Sep 12 2000: Discovering -- or rediscovering -- the magic of the drive-in movie
Back from the brink of extinction, many are doing well By Judy Lin. Associated Press link
Fri Jul 19 2002: APU files lawsuit over drive-in
AZUSA -- College looks to remove historic designation By Marianne Love. San Gabriel Valley Tribune link

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Sat Jan 01 2000: Psycho Beach Party
Filming locations include the Azusa Foothill Drive-In. Spoof of 1960s Beach PartyGidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films stars. Contains drive-in scenes link

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