Ένας ξεχασμένος κινηματογράφος Μαλακάσα

Ένας ξεχασμένος κινηματογράφος Μαλακάσα

Ένας ξεχασμένος κινηματογράφος Μαλακάσα. The so-called drive-ins have been around since the 1930s, and became fashionable - especially on the other side of the Atlantic - in the 1950s. These are outdoor giant screens, which you had access to by car, through which you watched. and the movie. This is a fashion that, unfortunately, has been forgotten over time, although it has begun to revive, especially as part of some festivals. Although the drive-ins were the brainchild of Richard M. Hollingshed Jr., a young man from New Jersey, one of the first drive-ins recorded was the Theater de Guadalupe cinema in New Mexico, where there were seats for both seated. as well as car space. The cinema opened in April 1915. Hollingshed is considered the "father" of drive-in. He wanted to advertise his father's car mantra in this way, while he wanted to find a comfortable solution for his stocky mother, who did not fit in the seats of conventional movie theaters, to watch movies. He first pulled a large cloth between trees, set up a projection camera on the roof of his car, and placed a radio behind the improvised screen. After many trials he was satisfied with the result and on August 6, 1932 he patented it. Almost a year later he launched the first drive-in cinema. Despite the frenzy that prevailed in America and Europe, car cinemas were less popular in Greece. There were, of course, several drive-ins, in which one could usually watch B-movies. Then - and as these films did not prove to be very successful - the films they chose were strictly erotic. Drive - in operated throughout Greece (Attica, Thessaloniki), while one of the well-known was in Ammoudara, Crete. In Maroussi there was also Athens Drive In (in Leof, Kifisias), while in Stavros of Agia Paraskevi there was Avanti. Drive-in also operated in Malakasa, for just 3 years, from 1977 to 1980. Today the screen still stands, but the space is empty and neglecte