Market Street Drive-In
8601 Market Street,
Houston,
TX
77029
8601 Market Street,
Houston,
TX
77029
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The Market Street Drive-In opened at 7:45 p.m. on August 26, 1948. The premier feature was “Relentless” with Robert Young and Marguerite Chapman. The Market Street Drive-In advertised “room for 670 cars, loud-speaker for each car”. In 1972 it was taken over by McLendon Theatres. It was closed on August 24, 1975.
It was demolished in October 1975. An Anheuser-Busch beer distribution center now stands on the Market Street Drive-In site.
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Bob Machann
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By 1956 it held 400 cars and was owned by C.A. Mitchmore.
Hey Mike how are you getting all this information, do you work for C.T. now?
I just wish i would have saved all those BOXOFFICE mags, we ALL threw away. However, unlike you I did save a few!
Opened on August 26th, 1948. Grand opening ad posted.
1961 marquee photo added credit Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Courtesy Retro Houston.
Closed in the early 1980’s.
Taken over by McLendon theatres in 1972.
I added a poster I found for a church service held at the Market Street Drive-In
Closed on August 24, 1975, demolished in October 1975.