Moonlight Drive-In
25915 Foxwood Lane,
Lebanon,
MO
65536
25915 Foxwood Lane,
Lebanon,
MO
65536
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The first note was in the July 30, 1949 issue of BoxOffice: “Clifford and Ralph Hough of Lebanon … are finishing construction of a 200-car drive-in on Route 32 five miles east of there”. However, it had opened on May 25, 1949.
The 1948-50 Theatre Catalog included the Moonlight Drive-In, owner Ralph Hough, capacity 200. In the 1952-56 Catalogs, the owner was Clifford Hough, the capacity rose to 250 and 100 seats.
The Moonlight Drive-In appeared in the first Motion Picture Almanac drive-in list in the 1950-51 edition, owned by Ralph Hough Jr., capacity 148. The 1955-59 MPAs showed the Moonlight Drive-In’s owner as Clifford Hough. The Lebanon fell off the MPA list in 1960.
A 1955 aerial photo showed the little drive-in at the northwest corner of 32 and Highway B. It was closed on November 4, 1956 with Audie Murphy in “Gunsmoke” & Ann Sheridan in “Take Me to Town”. The screen appeared to be gone in a 1959 aerial. Nothing remains of the Moonlight Drive-In today; a church occupies the site.
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Michael Kilgore
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Boxoffice, July 11, 1953: “Clifford H. Hough of Lebanon … who opened the Moonlite Drive-In in 1949, sold it to W. T. Ash of Texas early in March.”
May 25, 1949 grand opening ad in photos.
Closed on November 4, 1956 with Audie Murphy in “Gun Smoke” and Ann Sheridan in “Take Me To Town” (unknown if extras added).
A closer address is 25915 Foxwood Ln, Lebanon, MO.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property. I understand that Foxwood Lane didn’t exist when the drive-in was open, but it appears that the entrance area has been renamed Foxwood Lane, so it is the same.
There is basically nothing left of the drive-in and most of the property is overgrown and has lots of debris.
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