![]() The Dixie switched to digital projection in 2014. The Dixie became a twin in 2002 after salvaging a screen from the Sherwood Twin Drive-In. In 1967, the Dixie took the then-unusual step of opening on Sunday mornings for a flea market, called the Paris Flea Market, which has become a Dayton institution. ![]() ![]() The result was The Girls on the Beach, shot in two weeks for a budget of $50,000 and released by Paramount the following year.Sam and Al Levin both had minor roles in the film, playing beauty contest judges. In 1964, brothers Sam, Al and Lou Levin decided to produce their own movie. The Levin Family Foundation site tells the story of the Dixie’s owners’ brush with Hollywood. It was an economic use of the land, since the building obstructed the view for about eighty feet. Unlike most drive-ins, the Dixie put its kids’ playground behind the concession stand instead of in front of the screen. ![]() It was just a 20-minute drive from the Melody 49 Drive-In, on the outskirts of Dayton OH to the Dixie Twin Drive-In on Dixie Drive in eastern Dayton.Īccording to Greater Dayton Drive-In Movie Theaters by Curt Dalton (available online here), Levin Theaters opened the Dixie in July 1957. It’s Day 215 of my virtual Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey. ![]()
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