Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend cookie crumbs and butter. Press into bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan. Bake 7 minutes and cool. In medium saucepan, blend 4 egg yolks, the can of lemonade, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and the gelatin. Stir over medium heat constantly, just until mixture simmers. Chill, stirring occaisionally, until mixture mounds when dropped from a spoon. Beat 4 egg whites at high speed until foamy. Gradually add reserved 1/2 cup of sugar, beating mixture constantly until thick and glossy. Fold in lemonade-gelatin mixture quickly and thoroughly. Fold in 1/2 cup whipped cream. Mound into cooled pie shell. Chill at least 3 hours.
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