Richard Milton Hollingshead, Jr. (February 25, 1900 - May 13, 1975) was the inventor of the drive-in theater.
In the early 1930s, he was working as a sales manager in his father's auto parts company, Whiz Auto Products. According to one story, his mother was a large woman who was uncomfortable sitting in a regular movie theater.[1] So he began experimenting at his home in Camden, New Jersey, using his car, a 1928 Kodak movie projector, and two sheets nailed between two trees for a screen. Eventually, he came up with a ramp in each parking space, so that patrons could elevate the front of their cars to see the screen without being blocked by other vehicles.[2] He applied for a patent on August 6, 1932[2] and was granted number 1,909,537 on May 16, 1933.
With three investors, his cousin John Smith, Edward Ellies, and Oliver Willets, he formed a company called Park-It Theatres, Inc.[2] Their 400-acre (1.6 km2) "Automobile Movie Theatre"[3] opened on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden on June 6, 1933. RCA Victor provided three six foot (1.8 m) by six foot speakers to go with the 40 foot (12 m) by 50 foot (15 m) screen. The first movie shown was "Wives Beware," starring Adolphe Menjou. The charge was $0.25 per person and $0.25 per automobile, with a maximum cost of $1. Hollingshead sold the theatre in 1935 and opened another one.
Park-It Theatres licensed the concept to Loews Drive-In Theatres, Inc., but had trouble collecting royalties in 1937. Eventually, after Loews was taken to court, Hollingshead's patent was ruled invalid in 1950.
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The perfect Halloween: "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis get "Scared Stiff" (1953).
Image via WikipediaHere is one of the most memorable and breathtaking stunt sequences I've seen. So risky as a film-maker's challenge, too. I could not believe the eyes on my first viewing of "Seven Chances."
I'm so glad I wasn't a grip on this picture.
Frank Thompson shared this clip ... and says, "Let's celebrate Buster's 116th birthday by showing this brilliant scene from "Seven Chances" in which he's chased by at least 116 rocks."
Thanks for counting.
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Mike
Randy, that is, without a doubt, the worst email address ever.
Randy
You've heard of "butt dialing"? I "butt posted"! :)
Mike
Eww...
Friend Michael
"North By Northwest," one of Alfred Hitchcock's most revered films, premiered on this date [July 17] in 1959. Where do you think the film ranks among Hitchcock's body of work?
Mike
Tends to be the Hitchcock I watch most often -- and that says a lot, considering I'm practically roommates with PSYCHO and REAR WINDOW.
Bob, you were certainly the highlight of my radio career. I'd take nothing for those 16 months we partnered on the air each morning. You taught me much, expanded my creativity chops, encouraged me to fake it, hooked me on coffee, never offered me your bacon, failed to get me laid, failed to get me laid with the note from your Mom, never took me to see a Komodo dragon and if I wanted to take the kiddos to see a Komodo dragon, where would I take the kiddos to see a Komodo dragon?--
.... What? What's this? Wait. You're not dead? Shh-- Forget this then. I am not doffing our collective hats. See if I steal any more Bob and Ray with you. And I hired a cummerbund....
Mike
Happy birthday, Bubber. May a crazed holy man behead your PEZ dispenser.
Bob
Thanks, Mike, I now get the senior citizens discount at the Piggly Wiggly. May a crazed pirate leave a peg leg in your chicken bucket.
Mike
May Peg Leg Bates' ghost tap dance his way into your cart and Morse Code your grandmother.
Bob
May Abe Vigoda drool on your stool.
Mike
I hope an amorous wiggly piggly corkscrew-tails your donut pillow.
Bob
May a ruthless weasel force you to back into a cold doorknob.
Mike
Leave our former boss out of this. May you sit on your keys and unlock your lunch.
Bob
May an unruly Mugwump pop a boil on your lip.
Mike
I hope the ghost of Harry Dean Stanton repossesses your carbuncles. And if he's not dead, may he come over and sort through your garage.
Bob
May Moms Mabley drop her last tooth in your sitz bath.
Mike
May Al "Grandpa" Lewis return from the dead with your act.
Bob
May Don Rickles rake your boot.
Mike
May Dudley Do-Right mount your Canadian Club.
Bob
May Rocky the Squirrel fly into your pants.
Mike
Well, thank you very much. That would be ever so delightful; nevertheless, may an amorous moose become your hat tree.
Bob
May a horny anteater lick your sister. So there.
Mike
May The Great Pumpkin appear in your soul patch.
Bob
May a day-old bread truck backfire mold on your hood ornament.
Mike
May Alvin and the Chipmunks Bobsled your colonoscopy.
Bob
"Bobsled your colonoscopy." Mike, you are so bad..
May David Seville speed up your bowel movements.
Friend Alan
I call it a tie!
Spending too much time prepping [Fox Theatre] screening of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. First hints: sleep deprivation & legal name change to Mikey Golightly.
My mother probably saw BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S in original release (probably at the Fox), but she certainly saw Audrey [Hepburn]. She took to Holly Golightly's upswept hair look and that was Mom's style for years.
I was tackled and forced into crewcuts.
Upswept crewcuts.
