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WASHINGTON MOVIE THEATRES and DRIVE-INS

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MT. VERNON <strong>DRIVE</strong>-IN<br />

7940 Richmond Highway<br />

August 15 th , 1938-1984<br />

969 cars<br />

This opened as the Washington area’s first drivein<br />

by E. M. Loew’s. Taken over by Northeast<br />

theatres in 1962 <strong>and</strong> split into two lots without<br />

fixing the ramps in 1978 <strong>and</strong> closed by 1986 for<br />

the Showcase Mt. Vernon.<br />

MT VERNON MULTIPLEX<br />

10 SCREENS<br />

7940 Richmond<br />

1986-Labour Day 2007<br />

National Amusements built this theatre on the<br />

site of the Mt. Vernon Drive-In<br />

RESTON<br />

RESTON MULTIPLEX CINEMAS<br />

8 SCREENS (WAS 13)<br />

11940 Market<br />

? 1994-<br />

Owners:<br />

1994-2010 National Amusements<br />

2010-2011 Rave Motion Pictures<br />

2011- Bow-Tie<br />

Opened with 11 screens <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong>ed to 13<br />

screens by 1999. The smaller cinemas were<br />

undivided in 2011 to have a total of just 8 screens.<br />

Jack Coursey<br />

<strong>WASHINGTON</strong> <strong>MOVIE</strong> <strong>THEATRES</strong> AND <strong>DRIVE</strong>-<strong>INS</strong> | movie-theatre.org

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