Capri Drive-In
5206 Victory Drive,
Marshall,
TX
75672
5206 Victory Drive,
Marshall,
TX
75672
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A closer address is 5206 Victory Dr, Marshall, TX.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
Although the land is still empty and seemingly used by truck drivers to stop and catch a few hours of sleep, power lines now run right through the lower third of the drive-in.
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Closed on August 25, 1985 with “Night Warning”.
From the March 28, 1960 issue of Boxoffice:
MARSHALL. TEX. — The Capri Drive-In on U. S. 80 East is ready for a new season following remodeling necessitated by damage to screen and boxoffice in a November tornado. The theatre formerly was known as the Fox, and is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lucht.
The new screen, for which a new concrete foundation had to be laid, is the third of its kind in the southwest, Mrs. Lucht said, being a new type Glatex screen produced by U. S. Gypsum Co. The other two such screens are said to be at Lubbock and at Nashville, Ark. Features include elimination of the possibility of rust stains forming to spoil the screen picture.
Attractive shades of green and yellow have been used in remodeling the boxoffice, as well as in painting the screen frame, signs and concessions building. New playground equipment has been added. Entrances and boxoffice are now behind and not under the screen, as they were prior to the storm. Entrances have been improved with new surfacing.
A closer address (at least for Google) is US 80 and Buck Sherrod Road, Marshall, TX. A 1995 aerial photo shows the drive-in to still be intact.
Today, the drive-in has been demolished, but you can still see the ramps.
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It was renamed the Fox Drive-In on June 6th, 1951 and closed down after a storm in November 1959. It reopened as the Capri Drive-In on March 18th, 1960 and closed in 1985.
This opened as the Ray Drive-In on July 14th, 1950. ad:
Ray Drive-In opening · Fri, Jul 14, 1950 – 2 · The Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas) · Marshall News Messenger
Approx. address for the drive-in was 5200 Victory Dr.
By looking at the 2009 photos, this ole Drive In is still about the same. Seen here is a shot I took 10 years ago.. View link ..
If you click on the map link at the top, add another l to the word Marshal to make it work. Town is Marshall
A view of the Capri Drive-In ticket booth in Marshall Texas.
A view from 2009 of the Capri Drive-In concession stand in Marshall Texas.