Joe's Drive-In

220 Grace Church Road,
Salisbury, NC 28147

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davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 28, 2024 at 12:15 am

Opened on 2nd August 1948 with “The shocking Miss Pilgrim”.

Kenmore
Kenmore on January 27, 2024 at 1:25 pm

Today, the property is home to Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary, which consists of a relatively small building near where the screen once stood.

The rest of the property is overgrown with trees with only the entrance road, what may be the foundation of the ticket booth, and the general outline remaining.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 27, 2024 at 11:27 am

Closed as Skyline Drive-In in 1955 and reopened on July 15th, 1959 as Joe’s Drive-In. Another ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 27, 2024 at 11:03 am

Renamed Skyline Drive-In on September 29th, 1954 with “Mom and Dad”. Another ad posted.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on March 13, 2019 at 9:29 pm

The xxx rated movie “Pebbles gets Bamm Bamm” is proberly a Flintstones parody spoof movie?

Mmandarano
Mmandarano on April 23, 2014 at 9:01 am

The property is now owned by an animal sanctuary. They purchased in roughly 2009 and have a facility on the north west corner of the property, and use the rest to walk dogs, etc. Adding a good deal of photos of the property as it stands today to the photos section.

In talking with the proprietor of the animal sanctuary, apparently when they bought the property, it was as if everything had been untouched. Like when Hugo took the screen down in 1989, they just turned the lights off and left the property. Both projectors were still in the projection building even though the roof was caving in!

The proprietor of the property told me they took all the reels, projectors and stuff out and tried hard to sell, but no one wanted them. They even tried to donate to a museum in California, but still no takers. Unfortunately, ended up being sold for scrap. Wish I would have known, but a little too late to the game.

There also used to be an 8,700 pound small scale working train when the drive-in was called the Hitching Post. The train still remains in perfect condition and is owned and located at a gentleman’s home in Lexington, NC.

WildJoker1975
WildJoker1975 on April 12, 2014 at 11:24 pm

Anybody know who I need to talk to get the drive in reopen???

Mmandarano
Mmandarano on September 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm

Also, closed in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo blew down the screen.

Mmandarano
Mmandarano on September 17, 2013 at 12:14 pm

Theatre was located at: 220 Grace Church Rd, Salisbury, NC 28147 ‎

raysson
raysson on August 13, 2012 at 10:15 am

It became a notorious ADULT theatre during the 1970’s and 1980’s that showed a lot of “XXX” rated films when it was known as Joe’s Drive-In. And some ODD ADULT FILMS played here…one of them was titled(and I’m not making this up) “PEBBLES GETS BAMM-BAMM”

raysson
raysson on May 14, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Correction: It’s was called THE HITCHING POST DRIVE-IN

NOT The Salisbury Drive-In.