Crest Drive-In
11499 S. Highway 71,
Kansas City,
MO
64134
11499 S. Highway 71,
Kansas City,
MO
64134
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Address for this drive-in was 11400 Hickman Mills Drive.
Google maps it right when “Hickman Mills” is searched. This may had been in the town of Hickman Mills.
On Drive ins.com The Crest is listed as holding 1550 cars.
There were about 20 Drive ins in the KC metro area in the late 70s. We still have 3. The Boulevard on the Kansas side and the I-70 in KCMO as well as the Twin in Independence.
Boy,Ken you are the first person I have come across that has heard of the “POPCORN KID”. Thanks.
Here is a 1973 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/y2tn7je
Here is an April 2000 review of “Popcorn Kid” from imdb.com:
http://tinyurl.com/ybahkm6
Does anyone know if there was a MAJESTIC THEATRE in Kansas City? reason I ask was there was a short lived TV series “THE POPCORN KID” and it took place in the MAJESTIC. I was wondering if like the creators of WKRP had worked it such a theatre because the stories were so close to theatre life. I am glad i was able to tape a few shows before it got the ax in the mid 80’s.
That makes sense because Kansas City is larger than Augusta and we had 9 screens not including one in North Augusta and the five or six over in Aiken County,S.C. across the river.
Here is a 1970 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/y9xvakc
IN 1956 it parked 1000 cars as written above,but it was owned by COMMONWEALTH THEATRES. Kansas City must not have been much of a Drive in town. Only 5 Drive-ins? COMMOMWEALTH owned quite a few screens in the SHOW ME STATE.
A big scene in Robert Altman’s first feature “The Delinquents” was filmed at this drive-in in 1956.
Here is an undated photo.