Starlite Drive-In

4006 Mercer University Drive,
Macon, GA 31204

350 cars

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Previous Names: Family Drive-In

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Starlite Drive-In

Opened on July 16, 1949 with Robert Young in “Lady Luck”. The Starlite Drive-In in Macon was owned by J.L. Hartman and was the second smallest drive-in in this middle Georgia city, parking 350 cars. It was closed in early-1955.

It reopened on May 11, 1956 as the Family Drive-In with Richard Widmark in “Red Skies of Montana” & Dale Robertson in “Return of the Texan”. It was a short lived venture which soon closed for good.

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 16, 2010 at 12:44 pm

Any help would be great as i try and get all of Georgia’s larger cities drive-ins on CT.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on July 13, 2010 at 7:15 am

Open 1950-1964?

Need an address, info and photos?

jwmovies
jwmovies on December 8, 2012 at 10:43 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in was 2286 Jeffersonville Road, Macon, GA 31217.

Ladybugbev
Ladybugbev on July 21, 2013 at 9:39 pm

I remember going to the Starlite Drive-In on Old Columbus Rd., Macon,GA, with my parents back in the early and mid-1950’s. I loved watching the cartoons before the movies came on. Since I was a small child, I would get sleepy. My parents would let me crawl up in the back window of our 1950 Chevy (cream in color) and watch the blinking star on the marquee until I fell asleep. I slept there until we got home…which was about 4 miles west on, what was then called, Thomaston Rd.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 20, 2022 at 2:26 pm

This opened on July 16th, 1949, as the Starlight Drive-In. Grand opening ad posted.

wmu81
wmu81 on May 5, 2022 at 4:02 pm

Per the opening night advertisement this would be approximately 4006 Mercer University Drive-no Topo or Aerial indication after 1954 but this is right across from the Macon Memorial Park

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 6, 2022 at 2:12 pm

According to the Macon Telegraph, the Starlite operated from its start in 1949 until early 1955 (or if not December 1954). Closing for a while, the city of Macon originally planned to add another Drive-In for negroes only, but the case was dropped soon after.

However, after closing for nearly a year, the Starlite reopened as the Family Drive-In on May 11, 1956 with “Red Skies Of Montana” and “Return Of The Texan”. This didn’t last pretty long.

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