Joy-Lan Drive-In

MichaelKilgore on May 27, 2024 at 9:49 pm

In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Joy-Lan in Dade City. I wonder when (if?) Floyd got it back.

MichaelKilgore on January 17, 2018 at 12:04 pm

A July 4, 2004 article in The Tampa Tribune said that The Dade City Banner said the Joy-Lan opened on March 9, 1950 with the movie Challenge to Lassie. It had “risen from a field in six weeks”. The Tribune itself first listed the Joy Lan in January 1951.

Carl Floyd was listed as the owner in the 1951-52 International Motion Picture Almanac.

As mentioned in that YouTube video that FloridaDriveIns posted, the Joy-Lan was closed in March 1995 by its owner, Floyd Theaters, which had recently sold most of its assets to Carmike. One of the conditions of the sale was that potential competitors such as the Joy-Lan had to be shut down.

Former Floyd Enterprises president Harold Spears formed Sun South Theaters and bought the Joy-Lan along with the Silver Moon in Lakeland, Fun Lan in Tampa, and the Lake Worth, formerly the Trail. The Joy-Lan reopened on Oct. 11, 1996.

jwmovies on October 15, 2012 at 2:54 pm

Address above will not map correctly. Use 16414 U.S. 301, Dade City, Pasco, Florida 33523.

rivest266 on June 19, 2011 at 12:16 pm

1950 snack bar view from Boxoffice 1950 08 05 P 159

AndyCallahanMajorMajor on August 1, 2010 at 9:41 pm

Here are the pictures I took in July 2010.