One of the most popular movie-going options of the 50’s and 60’s was the drive-in theater, also known as “cinema al fresco”, where patrons parked their vehicles in front of a large outdoor movie screen to watch films in the privacy of their cars. Drive-ins rose to prominence after the end of World War II, reaching their peak in the 1950’s and 1960’s but declining in later years as a result of increased land values and competition from new media such as color television and the VCR. Few drive-in theaters still exist today, but just like vinyl records and vintage cars, the nostalgic appeal of movies under the stars is attractive to both old and young audiences.