Apache Drive-In
2115 US-60,
Globe,
AZ
85501
2115 US-60,
Globe,
AZ
85501
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Aha! A greatly belated thanks, kennerado. Without digging up that clip again, I’d guess the “nearby” in that quote came from a Phoenix notes column. I’ve posted a copy at the true Joy/Valley page you provided.
MichaelKilgore, I had a look into this and there was a Joy Drive-In that existed in Cactus, which is a suburb of Phoenix. Its actually listed here as the Valley Drive-In at this link:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/47570
Newspaper ads from as early as 1956 showed it as the Joy with the same address as the Valley.
Boxoffice, Feb. 9, 1957: “O. K. Leonard, owner of the Apache, Globe, Ariz., has taken over the Joy ozoner in nearby Cactus from J. L. Lightfoot. The Joy is being renamed the Cactus, with W. G. McKinley appointed as manager.”
Within Arizona but outside of Tucson, which is not near Globe, I can’t find a Cactus or Joy drive-in, or a town named Cactus for that matter. It would be interesting if Cactus was a name for what is now part of Globe, and that the Joy which became the Cactus later became the second Apache. It’s just as likely that some guy at Boxoffice got something wrong again.