41 Drive-In
41 Circle,
Macon,
GA
31206
41 Circle,
Macon,
GA
31206
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Final night of operation was on September 4, 1978 with “Secrets” and “That Tender Touch”. I just uploaded the last ad and the notification of closure from the next day’s paper.
Last known simply as the 41 Drive-In and last operated by the Georgia Theatre Company, closing on August 31, 1978.
The aerial image is actually the Southside/Weis Drive-In and based on the opening night map this was located at 41 Circle or about 4577 Houston Ave
The 41 Drive-In opened on July 14th, 1949. Grand opening ad posted
41 Drive-In opening 14 Jul 1949, Thu The Macon Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) Newspapers.com
The Theatorium was Macon’s first movie theater on Third Street opening in 1906 showing “The Great Train Robbery”.
I know this city had more than 17 theatres…someone from here needs to get to work and find the rest, by here I mean mACON.
The Riverside Drive-in was built in the early 60’s, around 1961, opening with “The Great Escape”, a first run movie at the time. It was in a very nice part of Macon which is still that way today, located in a great spot on Arkwright Road not far from Riverside Drive.
The Weis Drive-in, was located just past 7 bridges (the road to Warner Robins)built in the 60’s with heaters and air conditioning units and a sunken concession plaza to not disrupt the view.
thanks NYozoner!
U.S. 41 & Barnes Rd, Macon, GA 31216
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.
Stan,I don’t have info on Macon theatres.What info I got came from a1956 Motion Picture Almanac.I saw that you had done a great work on the History of Atlanta’s Theatres that someone should do Macon,Savannah,Athens and Columbus.Really surprized,but not shocked that someone from one of those cities hasn’t finished what I started.but I have found even in Augusta that there are only a handful of CT members that write anything on our theatres here.By the way, The WEIS DRIVE-IN in Augusta {on CT} had in car heat and A.C. 250 of them in a drive-in that probably parked 700 or more cars.like the Weis drive-in in Warner Robbins,our Weis Drive-in in Augusta was sold to Gerorgia Theatres where they Quickly ran it into the ground.
Thanks,Bob.
Open 1960-1980?
I know it was owned by the Georgia Theater Co. Fox Theater Bldg., Atlanta in 1967. They had 52 theaters at the time.
Outdoor theatres seem to own quite a few drive-ins in its day,butI guess it was bought out by a larger circuit? I know Georgia Theatres came a got a lot of drive-ins during the 60’s.