South Dakota is Down One Iconic Drive-In Theater

The Winner Drive-in movie theater has been around thrilling moviegoers since 1950. In that time they've expanded the screen and survived a tornado. But Monday night just wasn't their night.

Storm damage has put one of South Dakota's oldest drive-in movie theatres out of business for now.

The damage included the mostly destroyed screen and debris strewn over the theater grounds. Dakota New Now is reporting that the theater owners have said that they will be "hitting pause" on the rest of this summer movie season.

Sources: Dakota News Now and Facebook

From Blockbusters to Hidden Gems: 35 Movies That Take Place in South Dakota

When it comes to South Dakota and Hollywood, we've seen our fair share of films that have used our state as the backdrop for a number of productions over the years. They may not have always filmed here, but movie folk love to set stories here.

We're all familiar with the blockbusters like 1990's Dances With Wolves, 1959's North By Northwest, and more recently, 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets. But our state's life on the big screen goes back nearly 100 years.

According to IMDb, it all started with Courtin' Wildcats, a 1929 film which, like so many of the 29 films on this list, is a Western set in the time before South Dakota became a state in 1889.

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