Aust's Open Air Theatre
South Glens Falls, New York1948-1989
Order Aust's Open Air Theatre tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. W.H. Aust opened it on May 21, 1948, on U.S. 9 with Cheyenne, a Three Stooges short and a cartoon. A CinemaScope-era program offered all your car will hold for $1.30. Browse the styles below, and the full Aust's history is further down. Down Home Apparel is an American small business remembering the best places and teams of yesteryear, and every shirt is printed to order in the USA.
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Aust's Open Air Theatre History
Aust's Open Air Theatre in South Glens Falls, New York, opened on May 21, 1948, on Saratoga Road, which is U.S. 9, at Spier Falls Road. W.H. Aust opened it and put his name on it. The opening bill was Cheyenne, a Three Stooges short and a cartoon. It parked about 300 cars, and listings run as high as 350.
A printed program from the CinemaScope years billed a wide-vision screen and a Summertime Special: all your car will hold for $1.30. The same program carried the words movies under the stars across the top. A miniature golf course operated next door.
Later on the bill changed. Drive-ins.com says the theater showed adult films during the 1970s, and Cinema Treasures lists its last show, in the fall of 1989, as a pair of X-rated pictures. The screen and buildings are gone, and the site has grown over with trees. The Glen Drive-In up Route 9 in Queensbury is a different theater and is still open.