Creator
[Film History]
Title
[Movie Theater Program for the Segregated Harlem Drive-In Theatre in Lakeland, Florida]
Coverage
Tampa, FL:
Publisher
Anchor Litho. Co.
Date
[ca. 1954]
Description
Lakeland’s Harlem Theatre “For Colored Patrons” operated for only about six months in 1954. The list of films here were mostly produced from 1951 to 1953, supporting historical anecdotes from African American theatergoers that first-run features hardly ever ran in Black theaters. This serves as a counterpoint to the previous example, from the same area and same printers, listing first-run features during their initial exhibition. The only drive-in program for a segregated theater I’ve encountered.
Source
From the Collection of Joe Fay