Five Minute Histories: Bengies Drive-In Theatre
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025
- We are heading into the end of August-have you done everything on your summer to-do list? Crabs? Ocean City? What about a movie at Bengies Drive-In Theatre? Join us today to look back at the history of this outdoor movie theater and discover how these kinds of institutions got started in America. Thanks for watching and see you next week with another video.
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and RUclips channel.
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I have fond memories of watching movies at drive-in theatres when I was growing up in Indiana in the 60s & 70s! Thanks for another informative video!
Just went to Bengies for the first time two weeks ago and saw the two movies shown . ( August 2024) My wife and daughter have NEVER been to a drive inn theater and had a blast ! We took our old 1980’s boom boxes with us and put six D cell batteries in each of them . Bengies can also supply you portable radios for a fee. Or you can use your car radio BUT be careful your car battery might not last . Bengies employee’s will give you a power boost if your car battery happens to fail. The movie screen is also the largest screen in the U.S.A. according the the folks at Bengies! We drove a hour one way to get there and we’ll worth the trip!👍👍
Yay! We love it.
I mostly went to the Edmondson as a kid and sometimes to the Elkridge. Also we often passed by a small drive-in just north of Eldersburg. You could see part of the screen from the road, same for the Timonium. Became a problem when they ran X-rated movies late at night.
We took our daughters to Churchville in a light rain one night. Along with many other minivan drivers we pulled into the space backwards with the liftgate up.
What a great video! It was beautiful! I especially enjoyed the picture of the Elkridge Drive-In - its property was turned into condos about 10-12 years ago and the ad for the Edmonson Drive-In which is now, of course, a Home Depot - but they still use a movie-theater sign out on Frederick Road. I bet almost know one knows why. Thanks for putting together the history of drive-ins.
The Pulaski Drive In! We went to that one pretty frequently. Another great history lesson from Baltimore Heritage!
I remember driving by on rt 40, seeing the images on the screen as we drove by.
That place is a lot of fun!
I took my family to Bengies several years ago! It was so fun. Seeing this video I may try to go soon! ❤😊
My parents used to take me there when I was a kid back in the seventies.Pulaski and north point as well. Great memories
My one and only drive in experience was when I was a little kid and my aunt and her boyfriend took me to see the 1966 Batman movie starring Adam West and Burt Ward at the Edmondson Drive Inn on Route 40 in Catonsville. My favorite memory of the night was when my Aunt held my hand and took me to the concession stand and restroom and we passed a LIVE Rock Band performing! I had a blast! What a night!
Bangie's Drive-In is awesome.
Bengies has been on my list of things to do but I haven't been there yet. The last time I went to drive-in was in the 1980's in Lakewood, Colorado. There was a drive-in theater which had a children's playground in front of the screen, and kids were invited to play before and in-between movies. My daughter loved it!
You do such an amazing job
Thank you
I remember the Timonium drive-in, no trace of it left
same here, in fact I have one of those RCA speakers from my car
We went there as well. But Bengies was our main one.
The first drive inn movie that I saw was “Greased Lightning”, starring Richard Pryor, at the Edmondson Drive In, Catonsville MD (presently Home Depot)! That was during the era where the original location of WESTVIEW Cinema was where the current Lidl Supermarket and formerly Circuit City and Staples, sit, before WESTVIEW Cinema moved to the now former, WESTVIEW Mall.
Had some GREAT times at the Edmondson Drive In on Baltimore National Pike ( Route 40 ) A lot of good Memories with girlfriends! 🤣🤣 Don’t remember what my first movie was I saw there . 🤣🤣 Also, it turned into a Flea Market on weekends when it started to close down. At the Westview Movie Theater my first movie was the original Star Wars . Good times to say the least! 😊❤
My first memory of going to a movie was at the Westview Drive-in. I think we saw Big Top Pee Wee.
Never been to Bengies but I remember as a kid Dad took Mom and I to Carlins where we saw The Bridge over the River Kwai in our in our '59 Dodge. We may have gone other times after that but that is the only time I can remember going there.
Watched a movie at the Valley Drive Inn on Reistertown Rd as a house next door burnt to the ground.That was pretty unique.I think it was an empty house
Last time was sometime in the late 70s. My Mom and Dad would take us to the Drive-in in the 60s, no mater how hard we tried my sister and I would always fall a sleep in the back seat before the end of the second show. Mom would pack drinks and chips to snack on. The play ground was always a big treat before the show. A lot of enjoyable date nights in my HS years in the early 70s. I think at some point I had been to all the Drive-ins around Baltimore, but North Point Drive-in on North Point Blvd was the closest and the one we went to the most. Thanks.
I grew up in North Point Village and me and some other boys would sit behind the drive in to watch the "dirty movies" when they were showing.
@@mikenonya6382 Yeah I checked that out a few times, but living in the Fort Howard/Edgemere area it was tht easy to do.
@@mikenonya6382 Assuming you went SPHS, what class?
@@nclarke372 Class of 72
@@mikenonya6382 Class of 74,
Gov Ritchie Drive-In in Glen Burnie was the cool place for AACo teens to go in the 70’s. I saw several popular movies of the day there: American Graffiti and Jaws. Humid summer nights were not so much fun, though. I remember when most of the drive-ins were falling on hard times. Seemed like they all closed about the same time.
Did you hear about the family that froze to death at a drive-in in Wisconsin?
They went to see "Closed for the Season".
Good one! ;-)
We have a few great drive-ins here in the Puget Sound region, but I grew up going to Bengies Drive In! I even remember the old RCA "squawk boxes" as my dad called them. Times were tough, and my folks worked hard, but we could all go to the movies as a family and saved $$ because you could bring your own snacks. Good times. Baltimore in the 70s. 🥹
Lots of great history here.Could you do a story on New System Bakery in Hamden.Thanks
Townhouses going up at the Pulaski Drive Inn site
Can you do a 5 minute video on Morgan State University
Yes! We have done one on Memorial Chapel there, but never one the school as a whole.
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When a certain health issue occurred, my first thought was that drive-in movies might have a resurgence. You'd be isolated in your own car. So, it would've been an outing still available for families. Shame it didn't turn out that way.
They did up here near Seattle! There are four within close driving distance and they were jam packed during Covid.
@@vipermad358 Glad somebody was thinking!
The Bengies was open during that period at half - capacity. Did well.
Last time: Day of the Dead 1985, near Richmond, VA. I remember a drive-in in College Park, MD showing porn :D Used to drive by it and almost had an accident on 495
Does anyone remember 'Bengies Ghost'?