MIdway Drive-In
1753 GA-76,
Nashville,
GA
31639
1753 GA-76,
Nashville,
GA
31639
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On July 9, 1949, Boxoffice wrote that “Billy Tygart, local businessman”, was building a drive-in near Nashville, Ga. The Sept. 24, 1949 issue of Boxoffice noted that he had opened the “Sun-Set Drive-In”. The only Nashville GA drive-in in the 1951-52 Motion Picture Almanac list was the Sunset, capacity 100, owner W. H. Tygart.
I don’t know much about the Sunset, in particular whether it grew to be the Midway. The Exhibitor magazine wrote on March 28, 1951: “For the second time, the screen at the Sunset Drive-In, Nashville, Ga., was blown down by windstorms.” That would be my guess for why it closed.
The Sept. 13, 1952 issue of Boxoffice noted that Stein Theatres had opened “the 200-car Midway Drive-In, managed by Howard Mainor.” The 1953-54 Motion Picture Almanac listed the Midway with a capacity of 200 cars, owner L. A. Stein.
A 1956 aerial photo showed a small drive-in on the northeast corner of state highway 76 (the Adel Highway) and road 198. The drive-in was gone by 1972, and no trace of it survives today. The house now at that corner has the address of 1753 GA-76, Nashville, GA 31639.
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The address is 1753 GA-76, Nashville, GA.
The drive-in is operational in a 1956 aerial. By 1972 it had been closed and demolished. Most of the property appears to be private with trailers that line the back of it.
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ADEL HIGHWAY
Open 1955-1964?
Might have been open sooner, those movies in the add above:
ROSE OF CIMARRON 1952
WAC FROM WALLA WALLA 1952
Need more of an address and photos.