Post Oak Drive-In
2900 Post Oak Boulevard,
Houston,
TX
77056
2900 Post Oak Boulevard,
Houston,
TX
77056
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The Post Oak Drive-In has quite a story behind it. Its original location at 2900 Post Oak Road opened at 7:00 p.m. on March 14, 1951. The opening night double feature was “Pretty Baby” with Dennis Morgan and Betsy Drake, plus “The Grass Is Always Greener” with Chill Wills. It had a capacity for 620 cars.
The story goes that in early-1960, the land on which the drive-in stood was sold to developers. The drive-in was dismantled, moved by house movers, and rebuilt at 1255 North Post Oak Road. Billed as the "New Post Oak Drive-In", it reopened on June 16, 1960. The opening night double feature (this time)was “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies” with Doris Day and David Niven, plus “Man on a String” with Ernest Borgnine and Kerwin Mathews.
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Sorry, I do not have any photos.
I worked there 62 til 64… at 1255 N Post Oak.. Was owned by Carrol Lewis and managed by Charlie Hillis… Lots of good times. a large apartment complex there now……………
Ken,
Sorry I don’t remember you. Can you tell me something about yourself or about anybody you worked with. Have you been able to stay in contact with anyone from that time frame. It had been 7 years since I posted so I was surprised to get a notification.
What was built at the original drive-in location?
KPRC Television Station.
@Arriens Was the building on the middle right a wax museum?
Visible in the 1953 and 1957 Historic Aerials at it’s original location at 2900 Post Oak. Visible in the 1962 and 1964 Historic Aerials at the new N. Post Oak site as a single screen. 1966 and 1973 Historic Aerials has it as a twin. Gone by 1981.
The June 4, 1962 issue of Boxoffice ran a two-page article, with plenty of photos, of the 36-hole movie-themed mini golf offered at the Post Oak. “How to bring the people back to the theatre … That was the question bothering movieman Carroll Lewis jr., Post Oak Drive-In Theatre in Houston in 1961. … He and Charlie Hillis, manager of Post Oak, chose movies to be represented which would give them the best chance for colorful replicas for exhibit.”
Grand opening ads posted.
I worked at the Movieland Golf Course the summer of 1963. rivest266 did you post the Boxoffice ad? Where can I find it?