CAARP
Cinema and Audience Research Project

"It was built and operated by Sir Frank Selleck, the former Melbourne Lord Mayor, who had other theatre and drive-in interests in Victoria and Tasmania. Later his son Bruce Selleck was an operator of theatres and ran his fathers interests and other theatres and drive-ins some in partnership with Dick Silman and Alex Sharp. Lloyd Worland was also involved in its operation and management. In the 1960's it was programmed by Hoyts and advertised in their newspaper directory. Village eventually became partners in the operation and by 1984 the site was twinned. A shame to see a drive-in last through the worst years of the mid 1980's and then close when business had steadied again. In fact Frankston traded consistantly throughout the 1980's and did not experience the plunge in business that other drive-ins felt.

Frankston utilised the old Reservoir drive-in screen when it was twinned in 1982; Reservoir had closed earlier in the year along with Sunshine." (Kilderry, 1999)

Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity:
1956/7-1959/60 = 600
1960/1-1961/2 = 560
1962/3-1971= 508

References
Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1956/7-1971

Kilderry, D. 1999 'Australian drive-ins', Drive-ins Downunder, Available at: http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/australian/vic_frankston.htm