Airport Drive-In
Clarksville Street & Airport Road,
Paris,
TX
75462
Clarksville Street & Airport Road,
Paris,
TX
75462
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The Airport Drive-In was opened July 13, 1950 by the Interstate Theater Circuit of Dallas five miles south of Paris toward Mount Pleasant on Highway 271.
The first movie was “Renegades” with Evelyn Keyes.
Claude Musselman had gotten the Airport Drive-In into the planning stages, but retired before it opened and was replaced by C. W. Moss as city manager for Interstate. Cecil Burch was first manager and the theater was equipped to handle over 500 fans loaded into automobiles
The Airport Drive-In lasted 24 years going under in 1974. All that remained in 2007 was the old snack bar and marquee, no longer lit up with its Airport name.
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Billy Holcomb / Billy Smith / Don Lewis
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This is the location, out by the airport. The Map link takes you several miles South of town.
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This drive-in was located east of Hwy. 271 (Clarksville St.) on Airport Rd.
The site is now a strip club. I believe the clubs sign is the original sign used for the Drive-In.
I follow theatres designed by Jack Corgan, but I’m wondering how this was added – where is the architect mentioned and how do we know?