Such a shame to lose this gem. The backside of the screen that faced the road had a neon light display of as I remember a “band playing”. Lights would flash on and off to give the appearance of the band members and instruments moving to music. It was quite a sight as we would come down the road to the show.
Drive -in was located on Highway 67 and can still be identified by a taxidermy shop doing business in what was the snack bar on the east side of the highway.
I believe the theater you are thinking of was the Hampton Road Drive-In on Hampton across from Kiest Park. The Kiest Blvd. Drive-In was on far east Kiest close to downtown Dallas and went all adult movies in the early 70’s before closing. And yes, down Hampton was not only Griff’s (McDonald’s now at that location) and Underwood’s, but also Polar Bear Ice Cream and Austin’s B-B-Q. I, too, spent much of my childhood in this Oak Cliff area.
Such a shame to lose this gem. The backside of the screen that faced the road had a neon light display of as I remember a “band playing”. Lights would flash on and off to give the appearance of the band members and instruments moving to music. It was quite a sight as we would come down the road to the show.
Drive -in was located on Highway 67 and can still be identified by a taxidermy shop doing business in what was the snack bar on the east side of the highway.
I believe the theater you are thinking of was the Hampton Road Drive-In on Hampton across from Kiest Park. The Kiest Blvd. Drive-In was on far east Kiest close to downtown Dallas and went all adult movies in the early 70’s before closing. And yes, down Hampton was not only Griff’s (McDonald’s now at that location) and Underwood’s, but also Polar Bear Ice Cream and Austin’s B-B-Q. I, too, spent much of my childhood in this Oak Cliff area.