Lakeview Drive-In

MS-37 and S C Road 37-1,
Taylorsville, MS 39168

210 cars

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Lakeview Drive-In

Two weeks afterwards, Boxoffice reported that the Lakeview Drive-in opened November 3, 1950 “for A. W. Vowell”.

The 1952 Theatre Catalog included the Lakeview Drive-In, capacity 210 cars, owner A. W. Vowell. The 1955-56 edition had the same information except it reduced the capacity to 190.

The Lakeview Drive-In remained in the Motion Picture Almanac (210 cars) until the MPA rebooted its drive-in list for the 1977 edition.

Contributed by Michael Kilgore

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on March 11, 2023 at 3:54 am

Found it! The theater was located right at the tip of the Covington and Smith County border on MS-37, surrounding with a small lake in Covington County. A 1980 aerial view shows the theater still attached, but was completely gone by 1996, meaning that the theater may’ve demolished in the 1980s.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on March 11, 2023 at 4:32 am

Thanks, 50sSnipes! The dead giveaway for the site today are the signs that show “Drive-In Lane”: https://goo.gl/maps/iGGa6V4gwkxQZLja8

The drive-in was perfectly positioned against that little pond, which is the only other remnant that I could see today. The closest address I could wring out of Google Maps is 15719 MS-37, Taylorsville, MS 39168, for the Maranatha Mennonite Church about a quarter-mile farther south.

Kenmore
Kenmore on March 11, 2023 at 11:24 am

A closer address is MS-37 & S C Rd 37-I, Taylorsville, Mississippi.

This intersection is about 500 feet northeast of the drive-in location. Which sat on the west side of MS-37.

https://tinyurl.com/ycyk69ef

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on March 11, 2023 at 12:58 pm

Anytime MichaelKilgore!

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