Trail Drive-In
1581 Crowley Rayne Highway,
Crowley,
LA
70526
1581 Crowley Rayne Highway,
Crowley,
LA
70526
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The Trail Drive-In was opened July 3, 1949 with James Cagney in “Blood on the Sun”. Car capacity was listed at 300 cars. It was operated by Associated Theatres thru the 1950’s. The drive-in closed in late-September 1968.
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An article about Crowley’s theaters in the June 16, 2013, issue of The Crowley Post-Signal (PDF here) says that the Trail Drive-In opened on Sunday, July 3, 1949, with the James Cagney movie Blood on the Sun. The house advertised two shows nightly, at dusk and at 10:00 PM.
The Trail Drive-In remained open until late September, 1968. Though it advertised at that time that it was closing temporarily for repairs, it appears to have never reopened.
The address is 1536 Crowley Rayne Hwy, Crowley, LA 70526. The drive-in appears to be intact in a 1971 aerial photo, but at some point afterwards was demolished.
Today, there is no trace of the drive-in left. https://goo.gl/maps/J4fZY
Grand opening ad
Trail Drive-In opening Fri, Jul 1, 1949 – 8 · The Crowley Post-Signal (Crowley, Louisiana, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
A closer address is 1581 Crowley Rayne Hwy, Crowley, LA.
This places it around where the entrance roads used to be. Today, the property is owned by Clark Systems with no trace of the drive-in remaining.
https://tinyurl.com/2k8fc993