North 53 Drive-In
2731 Calhoun Road NE,
Rome,
GA
30161
2731 Calhoun Road NE,
Rome,
GA
30161
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Previously operated by: Chris McGuire Cinemas, Lam Operating Company
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The North 53 Drive-In was located on Highway 53. It was opened on March 1, 1957 with Robert Ryan in “The Proud Ones” & Walter Brennan in “Goodbye My Lady”. Playing on the screen on December 1, 1961 was "Big Circus" and "Naked Jungle". By the 1970’s it was under the Chris McGuire Cinemas logo.
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There are several pictures of this drive-in on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/gatnor2
Thanks.A chain called Chris McGuire Cinemas had every theatre in Rome in the early seventies.Must be regional.
Calhoun Rd NE & Berwin Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 2731 Calhoun Rd NE.
Opened with Robert Ryan in “The Proud Ones” and Walter Brennan in “Goodbye My Lady” along with two unnamed cartoons. It was closed on August 7, 1983. It was once operated by Chris McGuire Cinemas and was last operated by Lam Operating Company.
An auto body shop currently sits on the property. However, the outline, ramps, projection booth, and ticket booth are still intact.
While it is a standard ticket booth, it does have an unusual wall that is connected on the booth’s SW side. At first glance, it appears to be the remnants of a larger building or structure that was present on the property before the drive-in was constructed.
Because a 1964 aerial shows the same wall in place in basically the same condition as it is today. Given the wall’s height and shape, it doesn’t seem like it was deliberately constructed just to support one side of the ticket booth.
But it also does not seem like the wall of a house. It would be interesting to know the story behind that wall.