Hillcrest Drive-In

2022 N. Broadway Street,
Ballinger, TX 76821

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 4, 2022 at 2:15 pm

Boxoffice, Dec. 17, 1955: “J. W. Little has purchased the Hillcrest Drive-In from Jack Scales”

Backseater
Backseater on March 31, 2016 at 10:38 pm

I definitely remember seeing “Night of the Lepus” and “Elvis on Tour” at the Hillcrest. Both were released in 1972 and I was in Korea until mid-November 72, so it was December 72 at the earliest or more likely early 73. So the Hillcrest was open at least until then.

“Lepus” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 was a sci-fi horror movie about giant rabbits terrorizing the countryside, with Rory Calhoun, Stuart Whitman, DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy from Star Trek) and Janet Leigh (!) The only giant rabbit movie I’m aware of. Obviously an underappreciated genre.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on November 26, 2015 at 3:44 pm

The correct address is: 2022 N Broadway St, Ballinger, TX 76821

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 11, 2012 at 4:59 pm

This was located at the west end of town. Approx. location for this drive-in was just west of North Broadway & Conda Avenue.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on December 5, 2009 at 3:30 pm

IN 1956 it was owned by H&H Theatres and parked 300 cars.

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on March 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm

Hwy 83 and the highway to Bronte are not the same. The Hillcrest was on what is now highway 158.

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