Mid-Cities Drive-In
2431 W. Euless Boulevard,
Euless,
TX
76040
2431 W. Euless Boulevard,
Euless,
TX
76040
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was gone by 2001 but intact in a 1995 aerial. wierd yet again!
shows up in a 2002 topo map. weird!
Closed after the November 30, 1974 double-feature of “My Name is Nobody” and “Kid Blue.”
Opened July 21st, 1962.
I commented a few years ago about the opening date of the Mid-Cities—-it did not open in the spring of ‘62 but in August '62. Judgement At Nuremburg opened downtown at the Hollywood Theatre first-run in June.
jamestv, I’m now wondering if the photo on Flickr is the Mid-Cities. Based on your above statements, and photographic evidence from Historic Aerials, the pic may be of another drive-in theatre. I have a hunch about which one it might be, but I’ll have to do some more research on it before I give my answer. In the meantime, a pic of the Mid-Cities goes on.
This Euless history picture is not a picture of the construction of the Mid-Cities Drive-In! The Mid-Cities did not have a screen tower—-it had a corrugated metal screen held up by large poles! The screen was at the back of the lot and could barely be seen from the highway. The caption read built in 1950—-could this be the Belknap Drive-In in Haltom City? Although it opened in 1948, the screen tower in the picture could very well pass for the Belknap. The Mid-Cities was probably Euless' first and only drive-in.
I just found a photo of the Mid-Cities Drive-In Theatre on Flickr, courtesy of the Euless Historical Preservation Committee. It’s at the following url:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eulesshistory/4691999409/
AMAZING! When my late mother and I moved to the Mid-Cities in 1976, the theatre was already closed (which is confirmed by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives), and all that was left was the broken and weathered marquee at the entrance along old Highway 183 (now Highway 10).
I’m curious, but would anyone have a picture or remember the appearance of that old marquee? I seem to remember that it was up until about 1980, when it was demolished. A BIG THANK YOU to the Euless Historical Preservation Committee for posting the pic!
@NYozoner: I should’ve said the south side of the highway, judging from your historical aerials link. GoogleMaps photo in the header should be re-oriented 180 degrees.
NYozoner, what used to be called Hwy 183 is now called Hwy 10, so saying the Mid-Cities Drive-In was located on the north side of Hwy 183 is correct – trying to google-map to Hwy 183 would now be a problem.
2431 W Euless Blvd, Euless, TX 76040
The above address will map to the location of the drive-in, which is on Hwy 10 (also W. Euless Blvd) and is not on Hwy 183.
Below is a 1963 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Historic Aerials Dot Com:
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The Mid-Cities Drive-in opened in the Spring of 1962 with an unusual double bill of “Judgement In Nuremberg” and “No Name On The Bullet”-an Audie Murphy western! I practically lived most of my older childhood at this drive-in as it was only a mile from where I lived. Most of the pictures played were geared to the family-especially in its early years. I remember the opening of “The Three Stooges In Orbit”-the cars were backed up quite a ways up the highway! That was also the days when new movies opened on Thursday instead of Friday as they do now.