Foxfire Drive-In
2402 S. Kaufman Street,
Ennis,
TX
75119
2402 S. Kaufman Street,
Ennis,
TX
75119
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The Village Drive-In was opened on April 28, 1950 with Esther Williams in “Neptune’s Daughter”. It was still operating as the Village Drive-In in 1960. The theatre name later changed to the Foxfire Drive-In, and closed in November/December of 1984following a period screening X-Rated movies.
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Approx. address for this drive-in was 2402 South Kaufman Street.
Thanks for the update. The newspaper record only shows South HWY 75.
“A new screen tower is an improvement feature at the Village Drive-In, Ennis, this season. Herschel Holt is manager of the Village.” — Boxoffice, July 4, 1960
Billboard, May 23, 1953: “M. B. Miller, who recently purchased the Village Drive-In at Ennis, Tex., has re-opened the drive-in for the season.”
Boxoffice, April 13, 1957: “M. B. Miller has reopened his 290-car filmer at Ennis. He’s a school teacher by day at Bardwell”
The Village Drive-In opened after a naming contest on April 28, 1950 by Robert Rogers with Esther Williams as “Neptune’s Daughter.” Rogers would sell the drive-in prior to 1952’s season’s end to M.B. Miller. In 1960, the screen tower was moved to a widescreen format to present CinemaScope films. The Village and the hardtop theater in downtown Ennis later became one of the earliest venues for future Cinemark owner Lee Roy Mitchell and his long cinema exhibition career. It appears to have closed as a result of local protests about showing X-rated films in November/December of 1984.
Maverick Metal Trading sits on most of the property today.
However, you can see parch marks of some of the ramps on the north/northwest side of the business.