Hillcrest Drive-In
1344 Heber Springs Road S,
Heber Springs,
AR
72543
1344 Heber Springs Road S,
Heber Springs,
AR
72543
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Opened on June 16, 1967, the Hillcrest Drive was closed around 1975.
A truck hauling company (formerly Woodhaulers) sits on the location as of 2022.
Former Showings: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)
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Boxoffice, June 19, 1967: “Hillcrest Drive-In, Heber Springs, Ark., operated by J. O. Smith, opened for full-time operation Friday (16).”
An article about Cinema Radio sound conversions in the March 17, 1975 issue of Boxoffice said that Altec Service Corp. had upgraded “the 400-car Hillcrest Drive-In, Heber Springs, Ark., (Victor Weber)”.
The 1972 Motion Picture Almanac listed the Hillcrest with a capacity of 270 cars. After the MPA rebooted its drive-in list in 1977, it no longer included the Hillcrest; without other evidence, I would guess that the drive-in closed after the 1975 or 1976 season.
The address is 1344 Heber Spring Rd, Heber Springs, AR. (no “S”). That will place it right on the site.
The drive-in was intact as least until 1985, although it appears to be closed.
WT Transportation currently sits on the property. It retains the general outline of the drive-in and the entrance/exit road. But that is all which remains.
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