The Colonial Drive-In Was Closed In Early 1963 After The Entire Colonial Was Completely Destroyed By (Yet Again) Another Tornado. In The Afternoon Of June 22nd, 1963, The Remains Of The Screen Tower Was Caught On Fire And Was Completely Demolished On That Day.
The Bedford Drive-In Opened Its Gates On April 28th, 1949 With Blondie Knows Best. It Was Owned And Operated By Mr. And Mrs. J.S. Corbett.
However, The Bedford Contains A Couple Of Police Investigations Throughout The Years, Such As A Robbery In June 1962 And A Massive Attack With People Throwing Corn In An Inappropriate Area In October 1971 Just Before They Closed The Bedford Drive-In For Good Because Of That Investigation.
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As Of 1929, The Empire Theatre Was Operated By Warner Bros Management Circuit Until 1936. It Was Once Closed On September 14th, 1937 For New Equipment Being Installed And Was Reopened 2 Days Later. New Chairs Were Installed On May 26th, 1938.
As Of 1933, The Egyptian Theatre Was Not Operated By Paramount Pictures I Believe Because When I Looked Through A Bundle Of Information About It, The Egyptian Is One Out Of A Couple Theaters In Sioux Falls Operated By Warner Bros Circuit Management.
The Twin City Drive-In In Centralia, Unfortunately I Cannot Find The Opening Date To This. But The Earliest Information I Can Find Dates Back As A Sponsor From October 1950.
In February 1951 Just Before Its Reopening For The Season, Police Reported A Robbery At The Twin City That $1,000 And A couple Of Items Were Stolen.
I found information off of Newspapers.com if you are curious. Sometimes I go in random city one-by-one to see how many theatres or airdomes that they got at the time.
I Think This Is The Location That Opened In 1931. Before That, The City Of Cameron Used To Have The Wonderland Theatre, The New Hefley Theatre, The Auditorium Theatre And The Princess Theatre.
The Top O Texas Drive-In Ended Up Closing Its Gates In The Middle Of July 1976. After Its Closing A Week Or 2 Later, Workers From The First National Bank Paid $311,000 For The Drive-In’s Property On July 29th. The Theater Ended Up Demolishing In November 1977 After A Report On The Pampa Daily News.
There Are At Least 3 More McKinney Short-Lived Theatres I Found So Far. I Just Found The McKinney Airdome (Around Late 1900s?-1911); The Nickel-Dime Theatre, Later Happy-Hour Theatre, And Airdome (1907?-1917); And The Lyric Theatre (Around 1910?-1911).
The Columbia Air Dome Opened Its Doors To The Public On April 6th, 1911. During Its Last Year In 1914, The Columbia Air Dome Was Renamed As Columbia Protoplay Theatre During Its Last Legs And Ended Up Closing Its Doors In The Spring Of 1914.
The Scenic Theater In Whitewright Was Known To Be The First Theater In Whitewright Opened Its Doors To The Public On September 20th, 1912 With An Unknown Program. A Day Later, Triple Unknown Programs Were Shown.
As I Can’t Find A Lot Of Detail About This Theater. The Theater Sometime Only Lasted For A Very Short Amount Of Time, Despite Being A Popular Theater As It Closed Its Doors Sometime In 1914.
I Think That Happened During The Day. I Have To Check On The One Newspaper I Found So Far.
The Colonial Drive-In Was Closed In Early 1963 After The Entire Colonial Was Completely Destroyed By (Yet Again) Another Tornado. In The Afternoon Of June 22nd, 1963, The Remains Of The Screen Tower Was Caught On Fire And Was Completely Demolished On That Day.
As Of November 1957, The Encore Drive-In Was Renamed Dixie Drive-In Until Late 1959 And Was Closed Following By The Same Storm.
The Ellis Theater Previously Used To Be Called The Regent Theatre In The 1930s.
The Rio Theatre Was First Operated By Warner Bros Management Circuit For Only 2 Or 3 Years.
The Talla-C Drive-In Opened In 1950, But I Don’t Know The Actual Date.
The Bedford Drive-In Opened Its Gates On April 28th, 1949 With Blondie Knows Best. It Was Owned And Operated By Mr. And Mrs. J.S. Corbett.
However, The Bedford Contains A Couple Of Police Investigations Throughout The Years, Such As A Robbery In June 1962 And A Massive Attack With People Throwing Corn In An Inappropriate Area In October 1971 Just Before They Closed The Bedford Drive-In For Good Because Of That Investigation.
As Of 1929, The Empire Theatre Was Operated By Warner Bros Management Circuit Until 1936. It Was Once Closed On September 14th, 1937 For New Equipment Being Installed And Was Reopened 2 Days Later. New Chairs Were Installed On May 26th, 1938.
The Clanton Drive-In Opened Its Gates On October 15th, 1949 With The Pride Of The Yankees. The Clanton Was Still In Operation In 1963.
As Of 1933, The Egyptian Theatre Was Not Operated By Paramount Pictures I Believe Because When I Looked Through A Bundle Of Information About It, The Egyptian Is One Out Of A Couple Theaters In Sioux Falls Operated By Warner Bros Circuit Management.
The Twin City Drive-In In Centralia, Unfortunately I Cannot Find The Opening Date To This. But The Earliest Information I Can Find Dates Back As A Sponsor From October 1950.
In February 1951 Just Before Its Reopening For The Season, Police Reported A Robbery At The Twin City That $1,000 And A couple Of Items Were Stolen.
Yes Ben Minnotte (Host Of Oddity Archive) Remembers This Location As Of 1991-96.
I found information off of Newspapers.com if you are curious. Sometimes I go in random city one-by-one to see how many theatres or airdomes that they got at the time.
I Think This Is The Location That Opened In 1931. Before That, The City Of Cameron Used To Have The Wonderland Theatre, The New Hefley Theatre, The Auditorium Theatre And The Princess Theatre.
The Top O Texas Drive-In Ended Up Closing Its Gates In The Middle Of July 1976. After Its Closing A Week Or 2 Later, Workers From The First National Bank Paid $311,000 For The Drive-In’s Property On July 29th. The Theater Ended Up Demolishing In November 1977 After A Report On The Pampa Daily News.
Right After It Closed In 1961, It Was Demolished On September 21st, 1963 To Make Way For A Furnishing Store.
There Are At Least 3 More McKinney Short-Lived Theatres I Found So Far. I Just Found The McKinney Airdome (Around Late 1900s?-1911); The Nickel-Dime Theatre, Later Happy-Hour Theatre, And Airdome (1907?-1917); And The Lyric Theatre (Around 1910?-1911).
The Columbia Air Dome Opened Its Doors To The Public On April 6th, 1911. During Its Last Year In 1914, The Columbia Air Dome Was Renamed As Columbia Protoplay Theatre During Its Last Legs And Ended Up Closing Its Doors In The Spring Of 1914.
Actually, This Location Opened Sometime In The Early 1930s. The Earliest Information That I Can Find About It Is May 1935’s Showings And That Is It.
The Scenic Theater In Whitewright Was Known To Be The First Theater In Whitewright Opened Its Doors To The Public On September 20th, 1912 With An Unknown Program. A Day Later, Triple Unknown Programs Were Shown. As I Can’t Find A Lot Of Detail About This Theater. The Theater Sometime Only Lasted For A Very Short Amount Of Time, Despite Being A Popular Theater As It Closed Its Doors Sometime In 1914.
The Valley Drive-In In Sayre Opened Its Gates On May 12th, 1950; And Was Operated Seasonal From May Until Late September.
In August Of 1956, The Valley Drive-In Installed An 85ft CinemaScope Screen.
On April 13th, 1973, The Sayre Fire Department Responded To The Grass Fire At The Valley, But Reopened Shortly Afterwards.
However, In The Late 1970s Into The Early 1980s, The Valley Drive-In Was Popular For Special Events.
The Theater Ended Up Demolishing In 1986, And The Bank Of Bradford County Is Built On Its Site.
The Sky-Vu Was Demolished On April 24th, 1984 And Apartments Was Later Built On Its Site.
Opened Sometime In The Early Fall 1947.
Opening On May 17th, 1950.
The Skyvue Drive-In Of Oneonta Opened Its Gates On May 13th, 1955 With “The Long Long Trailer”.