The Drive-In: Outdoor Cinema in 1950s America and the Popular Imagination

by Guy Barefoot

The Drive-In meaningfully contributes to the complex picture of outdoor cinema that has been central to American culture and to a history of US cinema based on diverse viewing experiences rather than a select number of films.

Drive-in cinemas flourished in 1950s America, in some summer weeks to the extent that there were more cinemagoers outdoors than indoors. Often associated with teenagers interested in the drive-in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501375016
• ISBN13: 9781501375019
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"