Lakeview Drive-In
MS-37 and S C Road 37-1,
Taylorsville,
MS
39168
MS-37 and S C Road 37-1,
Taylorsville,
MS
39168
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Two weeks afterwards, Boxoffice reported that the Lakeview Drive-in opened November 3, 1950 “for A. W. Vowell”.
The 1952 Theatre Catalog included the Lakeview Drive-In, capacity 210 cars, owner A. W. Vowell. The 1955-56 edition had the same information except it reduced the capacity to 190.
The Lakeview Drive-In remained in the Motion Picture Almanac (210 cars) until the MPA rebooted its drive-in list for the 1977 edition.
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Michael Kilgore
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Found it! The theater was located right at the tip of the Covington and Smith County border on MS-37, surrounding with a small lake in Covington County. A 1980 aerial view shows the theater still attached, but was completely gone by 1996, meaning that the theater may’ve demolished in the 1980s.
Thanks, 50sSnipes! The dead giveaway for the site today are the signs that show “Drive-In Lane”: https://goo.gl/maps/iGGa6V4gwkxQZLja8
The drive-in was perfectly positioned against that little pond, which is the only other remnant that I could see today. The closest address I could wring out of Google Maps is 15719 MS-37, Taylorsville, MS 39168, for the Maranatha Mennonite Church about a quarter-mile farther south.
A closer address is MS-37 & S C Rd 37-I, Taylorsville, Mississippi.
This intersection is about 500 feet northeast of the drive-in location. Which sat on the west side of MS-37.
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Anytime MichaelKilgore!