Cactus Drive-In

U.S. 83 Business and S. Kumquat Street,
Pharr, TX 78577

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dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on December 21, 2022 at 7:08 pm

Has since been demoed site is now a college please update

pameladietrich
pameladietrich on July 25, 2020 at 7:25 am

I have a photo of my Dad in front of it. This was about 1946. My Papa was a technician and serviced theaters before working for RCA for 30 years

rivest266
rivest266 on September 22, 2017 at 10:24 pm

This opened on April 12th, 1946. A grand opening ad, as well as a 1963 topographic map, uploaded in the photo section.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 16, 2017 at 12:47 am

The Cactus Drive-In was twinned in 1971, and its late July opening was noted in the August 9 issue of Boxoffice. The drive-in had doubled its car capacity with the expansion, and featured improved amenities such as a new, air conditioned concessions stand. The Cactus was an ABC Interstate Theatres operation.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on February 24, 2017 at 3:15 am

1947 photo added courtesy of the America’s Past In Photos Facebook page.

jwmovies
jwmovies on September 14, 2012 at 5:34 am

Approx. address for this drive-in was 1000 U.S. 83.

NYozoner
NYozoner on December 28, 2010 at 3:38 pm

U.S. 83 Business & S Kumquat St, Pharr, TX 78577

The above address will map to the location of the drive-in.

Here is a 1961 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:

http://flic.kr/p/95k2Da

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 29, 2007 at 2:46 am

Scroll down to “A Drive-In Tale” by Alton Moore for some memories of the Cactus:
http://www.psjabears.net/beartales.htm

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on December 23, 2007 at 4:02 am

An old photo-post card of the CACTUS @ this website.

http://hometown.aol.com/dryvinlady/page1.html