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Title
D30681-3
Date(s)
- 1947-11-24 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Star-Lite Theater was built in 1948 by E. Chester and Sue Nilsson and Charles L. and Cora Theuerkauf. Star-Lite was the second drive-in theater built in Tacoma. View of man admiring the new plywood panels used at the Star-Lite Theater, photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. These panels form the back of the enormous screen. The Theater opened May 26, 1948 showing "Golden Earrings" with Ray Milland and Marlene Deitrich and "Adventure Island" with Rory Calhoun and Rhonda Fleming. It closed as a drive-in theater in 1996 and operated as a swap meet site.
Drive-in theaters--Tacoma; Plywood; Remodeling--Tacoma; Star-Lite Park In Theatre (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);