Airline Drive-In
4000 Airline Highway,
Metairie,
LA
70001
4000 Airline Highway,
Metairie,
LA
70001
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The Airline Drive-In was located at 4000 Airline Highway, across from the Joy’s Panorama Theatre.
It opened in 1950, and closed in 1980.
The Woolner Brothers (of B-movie fame) built this theatre. At some point in the 60’s, it was sold to Gulf States Theatres, who operated it until it was sold in 1980 to be a grocery store.
Manager from opening til about 1978 (if memory serves me right) was Sam Talley.
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Michael Hurley
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Here’s an ad for a movie playing at the Airline in 1963:
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Here’s a beautiful photo of the Airline Drive-In marquee with neon glowing in all it’s glory:
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There’s now a Sam’s Club here.
Very nice marquee.
Announcing a book about New Orleans Movie Theaters
THEREâ€\S ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The History of the Neighborhood Theaters in New Orleans
is being written by 89-year-old Rene Brunet, the dean of the motion picture industry in Louisiana, and New Orleans historian and preservationist Jack Stewart. The 160-page,coffee table book will be released in November and is being published by Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. Attention will be focused on 50 major neighborhood and downtown theaters, culled from a list of nearly 250 that have dotted the cityâ€\s landscape since the first “nickelodeon†opened in 1896 at 626 Canal Street. The book will be divided by neighborhoods and will open with a map and a narrative about each area. Each major theater will feature “then and now†photographs, historic information, and a short series of quotes from famous New Orleanians and from regular citizens who will share their recollections.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
We are trying to acquire memorabilia and additional photos of this theater for this publication. (deadline July 1.) You will be credited in the book and receive a free autographed copy if we publish the picture that you supply. Please contact Arthur Hardy at or call 504-913-1563 if you can help.