Seale Drive-In
460 US-70,
Lockney,
TX
79241
460 US-70,
Lockney,
TX
79241
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The Seale Drive-In’s final screening was Yvette Mimieux in “Jackson County Jail” and Angie Dickinson in “Big Bad Mama” on August 29, 1976. It was offered for sale in the classified ads in April and May of 1977 when the drive-in might have - but did not - reopen with operators J.B. “Brad” Seale and wife Dovie Marie Watts Seale retiring from the industry after 43 years.
A closer address is 460 US-70, Lockney, TX.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it on the property.
Today, it is private property. But you can still see the outline, entrance/exit roads, and the foundation of the projection booth/concession stand which now is an outdoor basketball court of sorts.
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J.B. Seale opens the Seale Drive-In on June 19, 1952 with Yvonne DeCarlo in “Scarlet Angel.” The screen was pulled down on August 12, 1978.
It was still open in May 1975 as well.
Billboard, June 14, 1952: “A 300-car capacity drive-in is being constructed at Lockeney (sic), Tex., by Oscar R. May for Brad Seale.”
The Seale was still open on May 30, 1965, when it was included in a statewide ad for the movie “Shenandoah” in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The foundation of the concession stand also remains.
Approx. location for this drive-in was east of U.S. 70 & Farm to Market 2883. The outline is still there.