The Stardusk Drive-In in Sheboygan, Wisconsin is mentioned in a recent article published in the Sheboygan Press:

Remember the Highway 57 Outdoor Theatre in Cedarburg, the Lake Park Outdoor in Fond du Lac and the Lake Vue Outdoor in Manitowoc. All are gone today.

Sheboygan’s very own Star Dusk Theater (not Star Dust) opened in June 1949. Located on 15 acres on the northeast corner of South 12th Street and County EE on the city’s south side, the business was built by Sheldon Grengs and Claude Wardian for an investment of about $80,000. It could accommodate 600 cars and had 11 ramps to elevate their front ends for better viewing.

The “mammoth” screen was about 50-by-40 feet and was covered in reflective paint for an improved picture. The very large screen tower was bright yellow with the name of the drive-in spelled out in bold red letters. The entire venue was constructed by Quasius Construction in just over six weeks.

By 1955 the screen had been enlarged to more than eight stories, 80-by-50 feet in size. “Buck Nights” were held every Thursday and Friday where one dollar paid for a carload. Shows changed three times a week and double features were shown on Saturdays and Sundays. Cartoon features were added and everything was shown in “vivid Technicolor.” Every car had an in-car speaker that occasionally left the theater still stuck in some embarrassed driver’s window.

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