Paris Drive-In
Paris,
AR
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The Paris Drive-In was open to at least the mid-1980s. Capacity was about 200 cars.
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Ken McIntyre
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Here is a 1984 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ycyqu3h
It was open and run by the Zeiler Brothers. This from 1956.
A.N. and Emil Zeiler opened the Paris Drive-In on June 5, 1950. In the opening announcement in Boxoffice of June 17, the surname Zeiler was misspelled as Seiler. A.N. Zeiler (his first name was Aloysius, though Boxoffice usually refers to him as Ollie) was usually mentioned as the manager for the first few years.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Zeiler were the operators of the Paris Drive-In when Boxoffice of August 11, 1975, ran an item about the drive-in’s 25th anniversary.
A June 5, 1954, Boxoffice article about the installation of a miniature train at the Paris Drive-In is interesting for providing one of only three references I’ve found to a second drive-in at Paris. It says that Zeiler “…got his first competition….” that year. An August 8, 1953, item datelined Paris says that the K. Lee Williams circuit had bought a site for a 500 car drive-in which would be completed by the next summer. A January 25, 1960, item about the Logan Theatre says that the Williams circuit also operated the Strand and Auto theaters at Paris.
Did they ever show any French movies there?
I doubt it, Even the Cinéma de Paris in Montreal,QC shown mostly English movies.
Approx. location for this drive-in was 3532 Arkansas 22. It was west of this address. Some ramps are still there.