Patio Drive-In
923 N. Cedar Street,
Cameron,
MO
64429
923 N. Cedar Street,
Cameron,
MO
64429
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A closer address is 923 N Cedar St, Cameron, MO.
This puts it within a few feet of where the entrance to the drive-in was located.
A 1958 aerial shows the drive-in operational. But by 1978 it had been totally demolished.
Today, the Village Green Apartments sit on most of the property with a gas station and tire shop where the screen was located. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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Updated speaker count. Maybe Silver expanded?
Boxoffice, Nov. 30, 1957: “W. C. Silver, owner of the Silver Theatre, Cameron, Mo., … also has a drive-in, the Patio, which has 332 speakers, for summer showings.”
Closed in 1970.
Boxoffice, Aug. 29, 1953: (with photo) “CAMERON, MO. - Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Conyers, who live just behind the Patio Drive-In here, tell their friends and fellow citizens they have "the world’s largest television screen.” The elderly couple can sit on their front porch and enjoy the pictures being shown at the 250-car Patio. W. A. Silvers, owner and operator, had a speaker line run to the Conyers home when he constructed the drive-in earlier in the summer, and now the Conyers enjoy the shows nightly without leaving the house, thanks to the neighborly showman."
The Actual Opening Date Is June 5th, 1953.
Boxoffice, July 11, 1953: “Silvers and Stafford opened the new Patio Drive-In on Highway 36 here recently. The theatre is owned by local showman Bill Silvers and Mrs. Pearl Stafford, Mrs. Zeltha Crawford and Kenneth and Marlow Stafford.”
Opened with a three stooges short(not named), 4 colour cartoons(not named), and “The lion and the horse”.