He could view it while sitting in his car provided no other car blocked his way. So he devised an inclined ramp where the front end of the car was tilted upward, allowing clear vision over the car in front. It was the first structure of its kind in the Midwest. The theater had 11 ramps with room for 500 cars. There are 35 feet of road space for cars to enter and leave.
Traffic is all one way.
Synchronization of sound and light is obtained by a device that gives perfect co-ordination from the first to the last ramp. Invalids, for instance, are driven into the theater and remain comfortably relaxed for the entire show. There are families with children too small to be taken along to an indoor movie, as their crying may disturb the other patrons. Here they may cry as loud as they wish as the other patrons will not be disturbed. The drive-in movie is a desolate place by day, but a magical one by night.