The Twin-Screened Cactus Drive-In Closed On October 10th, 1958 After A Grass And Trash Fire Broke Out Near The Drive-In During The Late-Afternoon Hours According To The Vernon Daily Record. However, The Theater Later Carried Special Events Afterwards For A Short Period Of Time.
The Hillside Drive-In Opened Its Gates On August 26th, 1950 With Dan Dailey And Anne Baxter In “You’re My Everything” And Walt Disney’s Animated Hit-Smash “Cinderella” As A Special Double Feature. The Hillside Drive-In Also Has A Playground, Dance Floor, And A Picnic Patio. It Is Closed In 1966.
In The Early 1970s, The West End Drive-In Was Taken Over By United Artists Circuit According To The Morning Call Of Allentown. It Is Closed In 1976, And Was Demolished In 1979 To Make Way For (What Appears To Sit Today) A Car Dealership, Now Between Rothrock Nissan And Rothrock Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep And RAM Including Its Motor Sales.
The Granada Theatre Opened On February 24th, 1933 With George Brent In “The Crash” (1932 First National Pictures Version). It Is Closed In The Late 1950’s.
After the Saunders Theatre closed in 1969, February 23rd, 1970 marks the reopening to the Harvard Theatre which only lasted for 4 years and 2 months during its first-run attractions until April 1974. In April 1974, X-Rated movies begin playing at the Harvard Theatre and was a huge success. The Harvard Theatre changed its name to The Show in Harvard on September 18th, 1975.
However in 1981, The Show in Harvard then was later changed its name back to the Harvard Theatre and turned upside-down big time and went back to its original first-run attractions. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a failure-in-disgrace for the city and the theater ended up closing in 1982.
UPDATE: The School Kids Won The Fight Against David (Including His Wife Charlotte) Ames (Originally From Bartlett, Illinois) Right After The Colonial Theatre Closed Its Doors In Late-1979. The Colonial Theatre Is Closed For Only The Entire Year Of 1980 And The Theater Reopened Its Doors Showing First-Run Films Back Again In The Spring Of 1981 According To The Marengo Beacon News Until 4 Years Later, And The Colonial Theatre Ended Up Shutting Its Doors For The Final Time In 1985 And Was Demolished Later That Year To Make Way For A Parking Lot According To The Marengo Beacon/Republican-News.
Prior To The Closing In 85, The City Of Marengo Almost Took Ownership Of The Colonial Theatre In May Of 1984 After Special Meetings Were Held At The City.
David Ames Though Ever Since Took Ownership In August 1978 Pretty Much Had A Hard Time In His Life… Shortly Right After The Reopening Of The Theater In 1981, Owner David Ames Was Under A Vehicle Accident After Trying To Park His Car. The Owners Later Removed The 2 People Including Ames At The Request Of Police, Before Another Call Was Rushed From The Marengo Police, As Was Later Responded To The 300 Block Of East Grant To A Domestic Disturbance Call. On September 12th, 1984, David Is Marked Under The D.H.I.A..
United Film Services Of Kansas City, Missouri Created The Colonial Theatre’s Snipe-Reels In The Early 1950s.
R.E (Bob) Neves Opened The Bolero Drive-In In The Summer Of 1948.
However, This Theater Is Noted To Be One Of The Dangerous Drive-Ins In The State Of Texas As A State Headline For A Homicide At The Kerrville Drive-In Only Appeared A Few Times In Many Newspapers In Texas.
In June Of 1979, A Lady Ticket-Taker Who Worked At The Kerrville Drive-In Was Beaten Up, Burned, And Murdered At Her Job By Randy Lynn Woolls, 29 Of Medina, During A Robbery-Slaying Incident. Later In October 1979, Randy Is Plead Guilty By The Juries In San Angelo Due To The Killing Of The Ticket-Taker, Served 7 Years In Prison, And Randy Was Executed On August 22nd, 1986.
This is the second building of the Grove Theatre, as the original building though was relocated in 1924 after 3 years in its history while the newer one continued to build as early as 1923, and the second Grove Theatre which is this one made a grand reopening on June 6, 1925 with “The Spaniard”. The Grove Theatre screened silent-films until its September preview in 1930 when the Grove Theatre first screened talkies. This theatre continued on for many decades throughout the city of Fox River Grove, and was mainly owned and operated by George Kosatka who operated the Grove Theatre for 32 years. George passed away in January 1971.
This Theater Apparently Replaced The Nearby Gem Theatre (1909 Until May 30th, 1929) Which Later Converted Into A Retail Modern Store Just Before The El Tovar Theatre Opened Later On July 25th, 1929.
The Gem Theatre Is Former Home To Operator R.W. Gracy Who Operated The Theater Since Early 1918 After He Closed The Nearby Crystal Theatre After An Almost 5 Year Run, And Being A Proprietor Of The Nearby Star Theatre Until Closing In March 1918 (2 Months After The Conductor Of The Star Theatre Passed Away In Elgin) After Winter Storms Slam Towards Crystal Lake, But Didn’t Damaged The Theater. The Gem Theatre However Closed After Christmas Week 1917 For 3 Months Due To The Severe Weather, But Reopened On March 23rd, 1918 And Continued Its First-Run Success Until 11 Years Later.
I Think I’ll Take The Dare On This One. But This Theater Has A Rather Confusing Location As I Know. This Confusing Dreamland Drive-In Opened Its Gates In As Early As The Middle Of 1951, But They Don’t Play The Main Popular Films There, But They Did Mainly Stage Shows Such As Hillbilly Or Some Other Type. The Movies That They Ran Were Quite A Bit Catchy Though And I Thought To Myself, That They Actually Ran A Single Movie Maybe Once In A While, But I Don’t Know. It Was Ran By The (Single Block Away) People Who Worked At The Dreamland Diner.
On July 27th, 1952, Carl Dalton Joined The Force To Team Up With The K&E Amusement Company. At The Time, The Kingridge Drive-In Is Planned To Construct, And Was Finished Building Between Before The Week Of September 5th.
A Week Prior To Its Grand Opening, Mr. And Mrs. B.M. Eisemann Joined In As The Hosts For The Ceremony. Finally, The Kingridge Drive-In Opened Its Gates To The Public On November 15th, 1952.
I Think The Reason Why It Said “Kansas Newest Theaters” On The Blog Is Because Maybe The State Theatre Nearby Installed CinemaScope At The Time, But I Don’t Know.
On March 30th, 1953 Until April 2nd, 1953, The “COMING SOON ATTRACTIONS” To The Great Bend Drive-In Were First Shown To The Great Bend Tribune.
2 Days Later On April 4th, 1953, The Great Bend Drive-In Opened Its Gates With A Confusion Note. The Grand Opening Article Reads “REOPENING APRIL 4TH”. Its Opening Attractions Were A Double Feature “Woman Of The North Country” And “The Rose Of Cimarron” (Which is Named A Free Owl Show, And Between These 2 Movies Comes Along With 4 Unknown Color Cartoons).
One Of The ORIGINAL Owners Of The Great Bend Drive-In Is Also An Incorporated Worker From A Great Bend Area Radio Station KCKT-AM (Not To Be Confused With A Station In Texas We Know From The APR Network) According To An Article From July 1975.
The Theater Ran First-Run Films From 1953 Until The Fall Of 1970; In Which On October 2nd, 1970, The Great Bend Drive-In Made The Wrong Direction, Ended Up Showing X-Rated Films, And Showed A Double X Feature On That Day.
The Good News Is That The X-Films Became Unsuccessful And Unpopular At The Great Bend. As I Wrote With This Quote While I Was Typing The History About The Great Bend Drive-In: “I Thought Running First-Run And More Family Films Will Bring More Enjoyment To The Great Bend Drive-In Instead Of Turning It Upside Down”, But The Good News Is That THEY DID Turned It Around In February 1972, And Went Back Showing First-Run Again For The Second Time, And Yes Its Wishes Immediately Came True After Bringing Back The Enjoyment Of Family And First-Runs (But The Bad News Is The Showings For The Great Bend Drive-In As Of 1968 Were Hard To Find From It, But I Continue On).
In The Middle Of The 1973 Season, New Management Is Required For The Great Bend Drive-In. As Of 1976, The Theater Continued To Suffer A Projectionist Warning, As It Was Written All Over Most Pages Of The Great Bend Tribune. Its Closing Date Is Unknown, But Still In Operational Since 1976.
For The Tip Of My Tongue, I Immediately Only Found A Single Article That, The Larned Drive-In Opened On May 21st, 1954. But Unfortunately I Cannot Find A Single Grand Opening Attraction, Timing Or Anything Else Including Movie Lineups. All I Can Find Is This Blog That Reads “Kansas’s Finest (And) Newest Theaters” Featuring The State (Which Opened In April 1949) And The Larned Drive-In.
The 49 Drive-In Opened Its Gates In October 1950 According To A Blog Of Information From The Main Owner, Mrs. H.A. Everette Who Appeared On The Magee Courtier On September 27th, 1990. This Theater Ran For 38 And A Half Years Until The 49 Drive-In Closed In June 1989.
Opened In Early 1949, Still In Operation Since 1977.
The Twin-Screened Cactus Drive-In Closed On October 10th, 1958 After A Grass And Trash Fire Broke Out Near The Drive-In During The Late-Afternoon Hours According To The Vernon Daily Record. However, The Theater Later Carried Special Events Afterwards For A Short Period Of Time.
The Hillside Drive-In Opened Its Gates On August 26th, 1950 With Dan Dailey And Anne Baxter In “You’re My Everything” And Walt Disney’s Animated Hit-Smash “Cinderella” As A Special Double Feature. The Hillside Drive-In Also Has A Playground, Dance Floor, And A Picnic Patio. It Is Closed In 1966.
In The Early 1970s, The West End Drive-In Was Taken Over By United Artists Circuit According To The Morning Call Of Allentown. It Is Closed In 1976, And Was Demolished In 1979 To Make Way For (What Appears To Sit Today) A Car Dealership, Now Between Rothrock Nissan And Rothrock Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep And RAM Including Its Motor Sales.
The Granada Theatre Opened On February 24th, 1933 With George Brent In “The Crash” (1932 First National Pictures Version). It Is Closed In The Late 1950’s.
The McKinney Drive-In Installed CinemaScope In January 1955.
Still In Operation Since 1977.
The Northfield Community Drive-In Opened On August 3rd, 1948.
After the Saunders Theatre closed in 1969, February 23rd, 1970 marks the reopening to the Harvard Theatre which only lasted for 4 years and 2 months during its first-run attractions until April 1974. In April 1974, X-Rated movies begin playing at the Harvard Theatre and was a huge success. The Harvard Theatre changed its name to The Show in Harvard on September 18th, 1975.
However in 1981, The Show in Harvard then was later changed its name back to the Harvard Theatre and turned upside-down big time and went back to its original first-run attractions. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a failure-in-disgrace for the city and the theater ended up closing in 1982.
UPDATE: The School Kids Won The Fight Against David (Including His Wife Charlotte) Ames (Originally From Bartlett, Illinois) Right After The Colonial Theatre Closed Its Doors In Late-1979. The Colonial Theatre Is Closed For Only The Entire Year Of 1980 And The Theater Reopened Its Doors Showing First-Run Films Back Again In The Spring Of 1981 According To The Marengo Beacon News Until 4 Years Later, And The Colonial Theatre Ended Up Shutting Its Doors For The Final Time In 1985 And Was Demolished Later That Year To Make Way For A Parking Lot According To The Marengo Beacon/Republican-News.
Prior To The Closing In 85, The City Of Marengo Almost Took Ownership Of The Colonial Theatre In May Of 1984 After Special Meetings Were Held At The City.
David Ames Though Ever Since Took Ownership In August 1978 Pretty Much Had A Hard Time In His Life… Shortly Right After The Reopening Of The Theater In 1981, Owner David Ames Was Under A Vehicle Accident After Trying To Park His Car. The Owners Later Removed The 2 People Including Ames At The Request Of Police, Before Another Call Was Rushed From The Marengo Police, As Was Later Responded To The 300 Block Of East Grant To A Domestic Disturbance Call. On September 12th, 1984, David Is Marked Under The D.H.I.A..
United Film Services Of Kansas City, Missouri Created The Colonial Theatre’s Snipe-Reels In The Early 1950s.
R.E (Bob) Neves Opened The Bolero Drive-In In The Summer Of 1948.
However, This Theater Is Noted To Be One Of The Dangerous Drive-Ins In The State Of Texas As A State Headline For A Homicide At The Kerrville Drive-In Only Appeared A Few Times In Many Newspapers In Texas.
In June Of 1979, A Lady Ticket-Taker Who Worked At The Kerrville Drive-In Was Beaten Up, Burned, And Murdered At Her Job By Randy Lynn Woolls, 29 Of Medina, During A Robbery-Slaying Incident. Later In October 1979, Randy Is Plead Guilty By The Juries In San Angelo Due To The Killing Of The Ticket-Taker, Served 7 Years In Prison, And Randy Was Executed On August 22nd, 1986.
This is the second building of the Grove Theatre, as the original building though was relocated in 1924 after 3 years in its history while the newer one continued to build as early as 1923, and the second Grove Theatre which is this one made a grand reopening on June 6, 1925 with “The Spaniard”. The Grove Theatre screened silent-films until its September preview in 1930 when the Grove Theatre first screened talkies. This theatre continued on for many decades throughout the city of Fox River Grove, and was mainly owned and operated by George Kosatka who operated the Grove Theatre for 32 years. George passed away in January 1971.
This Theater Apparently Replaced The Nearby Gem Theatre (1909 Until May 30th, 1929) Which Later Converted Into A Retail Modern Store Just Before The El Tovar Theatre Opened Later On July 25th, 1929.
The Gem Theatre Is Former Home To Operator R.W. Gracy Who Operated The Theater Since Early 1918 After He Closed The Nearby Crystal Theatre After An Almost 5 Year Run, And Being A Proprietor Of The Nearby Star Theatre Until Closing In March 1918 (2 Months After The Conductor Of The Star Theatre Passed Away In Elgin) After Winter Storms Slam Towards Crystal Lake, But Didn’t Damaged The Theater. The Gem Theatre However Closed After Christmas Week 1917 For 3 Months Due To The Severe Weather, But Reopened On March 23rd, 1918 And Continued Its First-Run Success Until 11 Years Later.
I Think I’ll Take The Dare On This One. But This Theater Has A Rather Confusing Location As I Know. This Confusing Dreamland Drive-In Opened Its Gates In As Early As The Middle Of 1951, But They Don’t Play The Main Popular Films There, But They Did Mainly Stage Shows Such As Hillbilly Or Some Other Type. The Movies That They Ran Were Quite A Bit Catchy Though And I Thought To Myself, That They Actually Ran A Single Movie Maybe Once In A While, But I Don’t Know. It Was Ran By The (Single Block Away) People Who Worked At The Dreamland Diner.
The Grand Theatre opened as early as 1902.
The Rancho Drive-In First Opened Its Gates On June 27th, 1948 With Humphrey Bogart In “The Treasure Of Sierra Madre”.
Unfortunately the Minco area had 4 theaters in its history, while Tuttle considered around 2.
On July 27th, 1952, Carl Dalton Joined The Force To Team Up With The K&E Amusement Company. At The Time, The Kingridge Drive-In Is Planned To Construct, And Was Finished Building Between Before The Week Of September 5th.
A Week Prior To Its Grand Opening, Mr. And Mrs. B.M. Eisemann Joined In As The Hosts For The Ceremony. Finally, The Kingridge Drive-In Opened Its Gates To The Public On November 15th, 1952.
I Think The Reason Why It Said “Kansas Newest Theaters” On The Blog Is Because Maybe The State Theatre Nearby Installed CinemaScope At The Time, But I Don’t Know.
On March 30th, 1953 Until April 2nd, 1953, The “COMING SOON ATTRACTIONS” To The Great Bend Drive-In Were First Shown To The Great Bend Tribune.
2 Days Later On April 4th, 1953, The Great Bend Drive-In Opened Its Gates With A Confusion Note. The Grand Opening Article Reads “REOPENING APRIL 4TH”. Its Opening Attractions Were A Double Feature “Woman Of The North Country” And “The Rose Of Cimarron” (Which is Named A Free Owl Show, And Between These 2 Movies Comes Along With 4 Unknown Color Cartoons).
One Of The ORIGINAL Owners Of The Great Bend Drive-In Is Also An Incorporated Worker From A Great Bend Area Radio Station KCKT-AM (Not To Be Confused With A Station In Texas We Know From The APR Network) According To An Article From July 1975.
The Theater Ran First-Run Films From 1953 Until The Fall Of 1970; In Which On October 2nd, 1970, The Great Bend Drive-In Made The Wrong Direction, Ended Up Showing X-Rated Films, And Showed A Double X Feature On That Day.
The Good News Is That The X-Films Became Unsuccessful And Unpopular At The Great Bend. As I Wrote With This Quote While I Was Typing The History About The Great Bend Drive-In: “I Thought Running First-Run And More Family Films Will Bring More Enjoyment To The Great Bend Drive-In Instead Of Turning It Upside Down”, But The Good News Is That THEY DID Turned It Around In February 1972, And Went Back Showing First-Run Again For The Second Time, And Yes Its Wishes Immediately Came True After Bringing Back The Enjoyment Of Family And First-Runs (But The Bad News Is The Showings For The Great Bend Drive-In As Of 1968 Were Hard To Find From It, But I Continue On).
In The Middle Of The 1973 Season, New Management Is Required For The Great Bend Drive-In. As Of 1976, The Theater Continued To Suffer A Projectionist Warning, As It Was Written All Over Most Pages Of The Great Bend Tribune. Its Closing Date Is Unknown, But Still In Operational Since 1976.
For The Tip Of My Tongue, I Immediately Only Found A Single Article That, The Larned Drive-In Opened On May 21st, 1954. But Unfortunately I Cannot Find A Single Grand Opening Attraction, Timing Or Anything Else Including Movie Lineups. All I Can Find Is This Blog That Reads “Kansas’s Finest (And) Newest Theaters” Featuring The State (Which Opened In April 1949) And The Larned Drive-In.
Yes It Did Close On September 6th, 2001 (5 Days Before 9/11).
You Mean 1956.
Yes That Blog Of Information Comes From The Main Owner, Mrs. H.A. Everette.
The 49 Drive-In Opened Its Gates In October 1950 According To A Blog Of Information From The Main Owner, Mrs. H.A. Everette Who Appeared On The Magee Courtier On September 27th, 1990. This Theater Ran For 38 And A Half Years Until The 49 Drive-In Closed In June 1989.