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Albion Drive-In Theatre - Albion MI

Address: 16462 E. Michigan
City: Albion
State: MI
Zip: 49224
County: Calhoun
Open: 1950 (5-9-50) AD
Closed: 1986
Capacity: 3
Owner History: Albert Bohm, Harry Mohney/Mid States/VIP Theatres
Number of visits to this page: 25232
General Information:

The Albion Drive-In opened in May of 1950, operated by Albert Bohm. In the 1970’s the Albion Drive-In started showing adult movies. This movie policy continued right up to its closing in 1986. Car capacity is listed at 400.

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Info Updates:
12/18/2003 - Box Office Magazine
May 1960 - M. B. "Tiny" Worden, former owner of the Temple Theatre at East Jordan, is projectionist at the Albio Drive-In for the Ryser Brothers for the summer.
1/9/2003 - Scott Biggs

The Rysers sold the Bohm Theatre and the Albion Drive-In in March, 1976 to Mid-State Theatres, Inc., an Okemos-based operation headed by Curtis Peterson. The Albion Drive-In became an "all-adult" establishment and fed its patrons from the Calhoun and Jackson county areas a steady diet of X-rated movies.

Advertisements were placed not only in the local Albion Evening Recorder, but also in the Jackson Citizen Patriot. Mid-State Theatres lost money on the X-rated films and sold the Bohm Theatre and Albion Drive-In in early 1981 to Arnold and David Simmons, operators of D.A.S. Theatres headquartered in Oxford.

The establishments were sold again in November 1981 to James Sattler of Quincy, who closed the Bohm. It was later reopened in 1984 The Albion Drive-In, however, continued to show X-rated movies and was forced to place "blinder" lights around the perimeter of the property, to prevent distracting passers-by on I-94.

The drive-in closed in 1986. Its facilities gradually deteriorated in the open weather, and the large outdoor screen was finally demolished in 1989. [Frank Passic, Albion Historian]

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Albion Drive-In Theatre - Vintage Aerial (newer photo)
Vintage Aerial (newer photo)
Albion Drive-In Theatre - Vintage Aerial (newer photo)
Vintage Aerial (newer photo)
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Concession And Proj Booth - Photo From Water Winter Wonderland (newer photo)
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May 29 2022 All Gone (newer photo)
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Concession - Photo From Water Winter Wonderland (newer photo)
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Screen Tower - Photo From Rg (newer photo)
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Screen - Photo From Rg (newer photo)
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Albion Grand Opening Ad 5-9-50 (newer photo)
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Old News Photo On Closing From Harry Mohney And Curt Peterson (newer photo)
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Albion Article 2-23-89 (newer photo)
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Albion Article 2-23-89 (newer photo)
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From Anna (newer photo)
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From Anna (newer photo)
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Aerial (newer photo)
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13 Apr 1950 (newer photo)
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Birds Eye (newer photo)
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Birds Eye 2 (newer photo)
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From 1960S Albion School Yearbook (newer photo)
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Mar 1976 Changes Hands (newer photo)
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Opening Announcement Nov 13 1949 (newer photo)
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