HISTORY:

The first drive-in was built June 6, 1933, located in Camden, New Jersey called the Camden Drive In. The first drive-in in Pennsylvania was built in 1937, by the same people who owned the New Jersey drive-in.

In 1947, Mr. Kaup, from Malden Pennyslvania built a drive-in called Cuppies Drive-In. In 1976 the Shashura family purchased the drive-in from Mr. Kaup. They changed the name to Malden Drive-In. On September 13, 1989 a brother, Wesley Rager Jr.and sister, Wendy (Rager) Haywood purchased the Malden Drive-In

In 2004 Wendy (Rager) Haywood and her brother Wesley Rager split the land and drive-in. Wendy is the current owner/manager of the drive-in getting lots of help from her family and friends.

Projectors

There are two (2) Xenex projectors, these projectors use 3,000 watt lamps as a light source. Each projector has two (2) forty (40) inch reels one on either side of the projector. The purpose of the two reels is one feeds the film and the other catches the film. Pictures of the projectors can be seen at: PROJECTORS CLICK ON PICTURES THEN MALDEN DRIVE IN.

In 2003 Malden Drive-In updated it's projectors to the red light sound system. Currently, Malden has only one projector with one complete projector to be used as spare parts. Where the other projector was is now a 3 tier platter system.

Sound:

Old System:

The sound starts at the source either the projectors pick-up tube or a radio, which is played before the movie. The sound goes into a pre-amp, then to the amp, before hitting the driver amp, which gives it an extra push to teh speakers. There is three (3) types of sound at the drive-in. The first type of sound used is are the vacum tube amps. We have four (4) 100 watt tube amps. The amps are used in pairs for maxium sound quailty and no one amp has to work hard. So one set is in use while on set sits idel on standby. Also as alternative is a solid state 100 watt amp.

New System:
Two Amps solid state QSC RMX 850 amps
      200 W @ 8 ohms
      300 W @ 4 ohms
      430 W @ 2 ohms
One FM Transmitter broadcasting on 88.9 FM
One compressor to reduce distortion of sound
One Main unit to control all instruments

Screen:

The screen is made up of four by eight (8) feet piecies.
Counting 10.5 up and 10 across, this gives us a screen size of fourty-two (42) feet high and eighty (80) feet long.
The bottom six (6) feet is green, this is for the purpose of aligning the movie.

Film Facts:

The film travels at a rate of ninety (90) feet a minute, twenty-four (24) frames per second.