Crescent
Drive-In
615 Piney Forest Rd. (alternate US 29 north), Danville, Va.
capacity: 540 cars
years of operation: 1948-78
currently: Piney Forest shopping center
The first in the Danville area, it
debuted on Sept. 16, 1948 with the Warner Bros. comedy Love
and Learn starring Jack Carson on its 37½'-by-50'
screen. Carhop service was featured, with patrons ordering via
intercom from their cars. Part of the Craver (later Consolidated)
circuit. The owners built a go-kart track adjacent to the drive-in
in 1960.
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