Cole-Anna Drive-In

300 Santa Anna Avenue,
Coleman, TX 76834

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 25, 2024 at 2:44 pm

Mann didn’t own those drive-ins for very long.

Boxoffice, Aug. 10, 1970: “F.W. Pavick has acquired the Cole-Anna Theatre and Oak Drive-In, Coleman, from Carleton H. Mann. The change of ownership became effective July 29”

dorstar
dorstar on October 20, 2022 at 4:39 am

Coleman Democrat on July 29, 1969 shows that Roland Duss established both of the Coleman Drive-in theaters. He sold the Drive-ins to Carlton Mann of Mineral Wells in 1969. The article mentions that Roland Duss built the Oak Drive-in and later added the Cole-Anna and then purchased the downtown theatre, the Rancho.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 16, 2020 at 9:09 pm

Adding a name, Billboard, May 24, 1952: “Roland Duss has opened the new Cole-Anna Drive-In at Santa Ana (sic), Tex. Spot is located between Coleman, where Duss operates the Oak Drive-In, and Santa Anna.

jwmovies
jwmovies on September 22, 2012 at 6:34 am

Approx. address for this drive-in was 300 Santa Anna Avenue.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 28, 2009 at 2:17 am

This is from the Abilene Reporter-News on 3/15/52:

COLEMAN. March 14.-The new 400-speaker Cole-Anna Drive-In Theater, in south Coleman, had its formal opening Friday night. Its plant includes a screen 72 feet wide and 52 feet high, of brick construction, 400 in-car speakers and the latest in sound equipment.