Airline Drive-In
4507 Airline Drive,
Houston,
TX
77022
4507 Airline Drive,
Houston,
TX
77022
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The Airline Drive-In opened at 7:00 p.m. on June 10, 1950. The premier feature was “Canadian Pacific” with Randolph Scott and Jane Wyatt. The Airline advertised a playground and a ‘handy snack bar with car service’.
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Bob Machann
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Went here a few times while living in the north Houston suburb of Aldine between May 1977 and March 1979.
Saw CLOSE ENCOUNTERS here. The film broke at one point and it was,like,a 10 minute wait. needless to say,no one was pleased.
Saw JAWS 2 here but we had to leave because my mom got a coke accidently dumped on her from the roof of the car where my sister and her friends were sitting. We missed GRAY LADY DOWN, a WW II movie. no biggie,the movie kinda sucks really.
600 car capacity according to DriveIns.com. Photo from their web site.
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/txtairl003.jpg
The AIRLINE DRIVE IN in 1956 parked 600 cars and at that time it was owned by LONE STAR THEATRES.
Here is a 1964 aerial photo. The land had been redeveloped by 1981.
http://tinyurl.com/ylry2y7
Maybe I should type this in Braille. Address and location of this drive-in is already known.
There is a 1965 list of Houston drive-ins on this site:
http://www.cinemahouston.info/driveins.htm
The Airline Drive-In was operated by RKO Stanley between 1964 and 1969. The drie-in closed in 1981. From 19754 until it closed it was operated by Tercar Theatres.
Maybe it should be called the Airline Fly-In!