South Main Drive-In
11510 South Main Street,
Houston,
TX
77025
11510 South Main Street,
Houston,
TX
77025
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The Texas Drive-In was Houston’s first drive-in theater, opening at 6:45 p.m. on June 7, 1940. The premier feature was “The Under-Pup” with Gloria Jean and Nan Grey.
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The South Main Drive-In is listed in the 1975 IMPA with a capacity for 400 cars. Not listed in 1980.
Listed in the 1956 Motion Picture Almanac The South main parked 4oo cars,so there was no change. It was owned by Interstate Theatres which also owned the Sheppard Drive-in.
According to the aerial view this drive-in at one time must have been converted from 1 screen to three screens.
This looks more like an aerial view of the McClendon Triple Drive-In further south on South Main.
The picture above is NOT the South Main!!!
The S Main was a one screen. Ushers (me) from the Village theatre used to be paid (maybe 50 cents?) to drive over to the S Main and count the cars to see what the competetion was doing. Usually we just asked the girl in the ticket booth and she told us. We were all teenagers!