<P> A partial drive - in theater--Theatre de Guadalupe--was opened in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on April 23, 1915: </P> <P> Seven hundred people may be comfortably seated in the auditorium . Automobile entrances and places for 40 or more cars within the theater grounds and in - line position to see the pictures and witness all performances on the stage is a feature of the place that will please car owners . </P> <P> The first movie shown by the Theatre de Guadalupe was Bags of Gold, produced by Siegmund Lubin . Theatre de Guadalupe soon was renamed De Lux Theater before closing in July 1916 . </P> <P> In 1921, a drive - in was opened by Claude V. Caver in Comanche, Texas . Caver obtained a permit from the city to project films downtown . With cars parked bumper - to - bumper, patrons witnessed the screening of silent films from their vehicles . In the 1920s, "outdoor movies" became a popular summer entertainment, but relatively few "drive - in" experiments were made due to logistical difficulties . </P>

What was the first movie shown at a drive-in theatre