A little Silver Screen Magic under the stars

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A little Silver Screen Magic under the stars

Here’s a chapter of North American history that I believe deserves a fresh look. It all began the evening of Tuesday June 6, 1933, as eager motorists waited patiently until dusk to drive their automobiles onto the grounds of ‘Park-In Theaters’ located on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey. Apparently inspired by his own mother’s difficulty to sit comfortably in traditional theater seats, Richard Hollingshead came up with the idea of an ope…