Midway Drive-In

kennerado on July 9, 2020 at 12:54 pm

Was managed by Lester Persall at some point, possibly in the late 50’s. Apparently Lester pulled some funny publicity stunts, he would have “state night” where a carload would get free admission if they had a licence plate from the state on the marquee. Of course he never put Florida on there until one night during a thunderstorm. He also hired an ambulance to take away a patron who “fainted” during a horror film.

Also, I’ve got a closing date – it closed on April 30th 1996 with “Sgt. Bilko” and “Jumanji”.

rivest266 on October 9, 2017 at 10:18 pm

This opened on July 22nd, 1952. No grand opening ad posted.