Howell's Drive-In

3430 Marietta Highway,
Canton, GA 30114

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amyc
amyc on July 26, 2023 at 10:58 am

Added photos and extra context (I live near the theater)

kennerado
kennerado on July 4, 2023 at 6:43 pm

The remains of the ticket booth can be seen on Google Street view in August 2013, the entire site has now been redeveloped as a housing estate.

rsmith
rsmith on March 8, 2014 at 3:16 pm

BTW this was open at least as far back as August, 1950 because I found a partial playbill with that date (playing Cagney’s G Men (1935), Tobacco Road (1941) & Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) among others)

rsmith
rsmith on March 1, 2014 at 5:31 pm

If you look on the map to the left of the bushy patch (across highway 5) there are 2 buildings, the one to the south is the Howell home which seems to have been abandoned in the 1980s but is still standing & not in bad shape considering (you can see the garage roof has collapsed in the aerial photo)

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in was 3430 Marietta Highway.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on August 3, 2010 at 5:50 am

Open 1955-1975?

Open for sure in 1967.

An exact address would b helpful, need info, and photos.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 2, 2010 at 5:23 pm

Thanks raymondstewart for adding extra info.

raymondstewart
raymondstewart on July 2, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Parts of the Howell were still standing into the 80’s, but very overgrown. I never knew it to be operational going back into the 70’s.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on July 2, 2010 at 1:33 pm

Yes it does Silicon Sam.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 1, 2010 at 10:16 pm

thanks S.Sam.

Silicon Sam
Silicon Sam on July 1, 2010 at 4:56 pm

This suggestive bushy patch in the intersection looked more like a drive-in in older GE views:

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