Movie Flats

Historical marker location:

Lone Pine, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Whitney Portal Road and Movie Road, on the left when traveling east on Whitney Portal Road.)

Marker installed: 1990

The first drive-in movie theater in the world was opened in California in 1933. The theater, called the Drive-In Theatre, was located in Camden, New Jersey. However, the drive-in movie theater became more popular in California and eventually spread across the country.