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Historical marker location:

4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, California

( Marker is on Western Heritage Way south of Zoo Drive.)

Marker installed: 2011

Autry National Center. Griffith Park.

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.