Joy Drive-In

Highway 6 and County Road 101,
Cisco, TX 76437

250 cars

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Joy Drive-In Theater ... Cisco Texas

The Joy Drive-In opened in 1952 as Eastland county’s second drive in theater and was located between Cisco and Eastland. Among the original stock holders were Joy N.Houck of New Orleans and E.C.Houck of Dallas. The theater was managed by J.T. Edwards.

One of the original projectionists hired for the Joy Drive-In was Glen Carr who kindly provided the details for this listing. The Joy Drive-In closed permanently in the late-1970’s.

Contributed by Glen Carr / Billy Smith / Don Lewis

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Don Lewis
Don Lewis on June 10, 2009 at 4:39 am

A movie ad from 1954 for the Joy Drive-In in Cisco Texas.

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on June 21, 2010 at 8:47 pm

From Cisco Texas an entrance ticket to the Joy Drive-In theater.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on September 4, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Guys I have it parking 250 cars and was owned in 1956 by H and B Theatres.

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on September 25, 2010 at 9:14 am

From 1965 a movie ad for the Joy Drive-In in Cisco.

Silicon Sam
Silicon Sam on September 25, 2010 at 11:40 am

Located on Hwy 6 between Cisco and Eastland. Here’s a link to the lot, very, very faded, but still barely perceptible.

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Need an address, pictures, price of popcorn, etc….

joysmovies
joysmovies on January 24, 2011 at 7:05 pm

H & B Theatres stood for Houck and Bounds Theatres, Joy Houck’s partners being C. C. and Leo Bounds. The Bounds were also partners with Houck in the Leo, Palace, Ritz and Joy in Texarkana, at least in the late 40’s.

Tecovington
Tecovington on February 21, 2017 at 10:22 pm

This is an awesome site for me to run across. My dad is The J T Edwards that managed this drive in. He later moved to Hammond, LA and opened his own Drive In and he named it Joy Drive In as well.

Kenmore
Kenmore on February 21, 2017 at 11:53 pm

A closer address (at least for Google) is HWY6 and Rd 101, Cisco, TX. The drive-in was located about a quarter-mile to the east of the intersection on the north side.

Today, it is an empty field, but you can still see the faded ramps and outline. http://tinyurl.com/z6lo4zs

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