Quick Summary:
- During the latter part of the 1950’s, there were more than one hundred and twenty drive-in movie theaters throughout the state of Illinois.
- Just like every other state in the country, the number of drive-in theaters in operation began to decrease.
- There are now only a handful of drive-in movie theaters around in Illinois.
- Drive-ins offer an opportunity for some affordable family fun, mostly during the summer.
- Many of these drive-ins offer double features of current movies at the same price as one film at indoor movie theaters, if not cheaper.
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