Bankhead Drive-In
3350 Bankhead Highway NW,
Atlanta,
GA
30331
3350 Bankhead Highway NW,
Atlanta,
GA
30331
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Two of the most distinctive drive-in theatres in the Atlanta area were the Bankhead Drive-In and the I-85 Drive-In. Both theatres had screens that were in themselves attractions: the Bankhead Drive-In featured a large neon “curtain”, and the 1-85 Drive-In resembled a silly putty version of Tara.
The Bankhead Drive-In was opened prior to 1955.
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Jack Coursey
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The year given for these photos is 1955:
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I remember the Bankhead Drive In from the 50s and 60s. It was always a thrill to go there for a movie. Often, we’d sit outside the theater in our car and watch the picture over the fence without the benefit of sound. Wow, I miss those times!
Steve B.
Car capacity for the Bankhead Drive-In was 650.
Newspaper ad from 1964 with a write up on “A Hard Days Night.”
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Link to the Drive In ladder ad in the Atlanta paper on August 5, 1964. The blogger has also written up some of his memories of working at these places. Worth a look if you are interested in the drive in culture from 1970 – 1990.
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Wow, thanks so much for posting those pictures. I never saw any movies here, as by the time I was growing up this was in an area considered not all that safe. However I drove by this Drive-In hundreds, if not thousands of times, in my youth and I always loved the way the entrance to this Drive-In looked.
This drive-in was owned by Georgia Theatre Co.
Nice photos Lost Memory.
Before Georgia theatres bought it.the BANKHEAD was owned by West End Theatres.Still parking 650 cars in 1956.