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The end of an era
Keno Drive-In was among last holdouts of bygone theaters By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
Recalling Orson
The ancestry of Orson Welles came to life during the Orson Welles 100th Anniversary Memorial Walk May 31 at Green Ridge Cemetery in Kenosha. Welles’ namesake and great-grandfather, Orson Sherman Head, (above) is brought to life during the presentation near the family’s burial plot. Harriet Head Yule, (at left), who was Welles’ great aunt was also part of the re-creation. EARLENE FREDERICK Hi-Liter
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In 1949 the drive-in movie theater came to the Kenosha area with the opening of the Keno Drive-In, at 9102 Sheridan Rd., Pleasant Prairie. Like elsewhere in the country, it became a popular place. Most residents of the area can recall having attended the theater at least once and for some it was a weekly event. That remained an entertainment option for area residents until earlier this year. The Keno Drive-In, like most others across the country, finally succumbed to changing viewing habits and digital technology that made drive-in theaters all but obsolete. It was April of this year when the management of the Keno Drive-in posted a notice on their Facebook page that the drive-in would not re-open this year because the owner of the land the theater is located on decided not to renew the lease and was looking at other uses for the property. With the closing of the Keno Drive-In, the last drivein movie theater in Kenosha County, another bit of Amer-
icana disappeared. Here’s a look back at the history of the drive-in theater. On June 6, 1933, an event occurred that changed the way Americans enjoyed movies. On that date the first “park in” movie opened in New Jersey. It was the creation of Richard Hollingshead who is said to have been looking for a more comfortable seat in which to enjoy the movie rather than the uncomfortable ones found in movie theaters of the time. Hollingshead patented his idea of a “park in” movie theater where one could enjoy the movie from the comfort of their automobile. Park In Theaters, Inc had an initial investment of $30,000. The first movie played was “Wife Beware” starring Adolph Menjou. This initial theater remained in business for three years. The theater was advertised as family entertainment. Costs were kept low with tickets costing 25 cents per person and no car was charged more than $1. Many of the theaters
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