In the past five years, about six movie theaters have closed, leaving Washoe County with only three Century Theatres cinemas and the El Rancho Drive-In Theater. Thinking there had to be other places to see movies in the area, I set out to find them. Everything from silent films to children's classic movies are shown in town, but the spots are hidden. There is always plenty of arm room at most of the Reno cinemas. In the summer, the Nevada State Railroad Museum shows video copies of movies outdoors Wednesday nights in July and August on its side wall.
Movies begin at dusk.
It's as close as you'll get without the car. The movies shown run the gamut from musicals to children's classics, Reitnauer said. An occasional train movie is featured, and at least one Alfred Hitchcock movie and one silent film run each summer. Sometimes with the silent movies a pianist will play the score. The museum staff sometimes arranges a pre-movie live performance.