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The Drive-In Movie

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A few of the words

SPEAKER
The in-car speaker on a metal post was introduced in the 1940s, letting every car tune in without disturbing its neighbors — a small invention that defined the drive-in experience for generations.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MARQUEE
A drive-in's roadside marquee was its neon calling card, often hand-lettered each week by the owner and visible for a mile down a flat Midwestern highway.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PROJECTOR
Early drive-in projectors threw an image across as much as 60 feet of painted concrete screen, battling dusk light and the occasional passing headlight to keep the picture sharp.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CARTOON
A short cartoon before the main feature was a beloved drive-in tradition, giving families time to make one last snack-bar run before the lights went fully dark.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Drive-in movie word search — free and large-print — where the speaker hooks to the window, the popcorn is buttery, and the double feature runs till the stars fade.

About Travel & Places

As the sun dipped below the tree line, thousands of American families would ease their cars across a gravel lot, clip a tinny speaker to the door glass, and settle in for an evening under an open sky. The drive-in theater was part movie palace, part neighborhood cookout — kids in pajamas in the back seat, a hotdog from the snack bar, and a cartoon before the feature rolled. At its peak in the late 1950s, more than four thousand drive-in screens glowed across the country on any given summer night.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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