Howard Auto Theatre
Highway 27,
Nashville,
AR
71852
Highway 27,
Nashville,
AR
71852
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Located in Nashville, Arkansas, in the southwest part of the state, The Nashville Drive-In held room for 240 cars and was owned in the late-1950’s by K. Lee Williams Circuit.
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The only info I can find on a drive-in in Nashville is the Howard Auto Theatre on Highway 27 which closed in 1996. Could this have been the same drive-in? It also parked 300 cars and with the population of Nashville it would be hard to believe they had two drive-ins.
Probably is Chuck.My info once again came from my OLD 1956 Motion Picture Almanac.wish they would QUIT changing names.
According to the Rivest site this was the Nashville Drive-In thru 1969 and then changed to the Howard Auto Drive-In thru 1996. It was located on Highway 27.
Header should read Howard Auto Drive-In AKA Nashville Drive-In.
PLEASE CHANGE NAME TO:
NASHVILLE DRIVE-IN
AKA:
NONE
REMOVE:
HIGHWAY 27
THE FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK OF MOTION PICTURES 1967 FORTY-NINTH EDITION
“Arkansas
Nashville:
Howard Auto
Nashville Drive-In”
Two Different Drive-Ins open at the same time.
Nashville Drive-In
Open ~1955-~1969? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
Held 240 cars
Owner:
K. Lee Williams Theaters, Inc. of DeQueen, Ark., R.L. Robison, President & Gen. Mgr., they had 13 theaters in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
More info and photos are always welcome.
Bob, I think that there is a mistake on the FDYB. Three different sites list the Howard Auto drive-in as opening in 1969. Two say that the name was changed from Nashville to Howard Auto Drive-In. There was also a Howard theatre in Nashville named after the same man. I think the header is correct and should remain as is. The Drive-In was located on Highway 27. As I said in another comment with the population of Nashville I don’t believe that this town would have two operating drive-ins.
The Drive-In was located in the 1300 block of Mine St. (Highway 27) The footprints are still visible.
Thanks Guys.
It was opened in the early 50’s. The markee always read Howard Auto Drive-In. May grandfather managed and then owned it until his retirement in the early 1980’s. It was on HWY27. Some of my favorite and worst memories where here. I love getting to go visit, and work in the snackbar. The fliers that he would pass out to surrounding towns everytime the movies changed would also list it as Nashville drive-in. It also suffered several fires, and i can remember as a young child watching everyone in the family coming together to rebuild. My favorite thing to do was sit on the rails in front of the projection booth, and try to talk into the huge fan that was there to try to keep moths out of the light. Hope that helps to explain the descrepency in the name.
Thanks kcallaham.
Good story kcallaham,so many good stories,bet you have more,Pictures?