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  • <p>In Dallas, two drive-ins opened within a week of each other: The Bruton and the Kiest Blvd. Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>The Kiest opened May 24, 1956 in Oak Cliff. It had a 40x60 swimming pool with bath houses and its 110 by 65 square foot screen was designed for large format films in CinemaScope and VistaVision.</p>
  • <p>The Phile Isley circuit conceived of the Kiest as the most modern of Dallas Drive-ins. Could play Cinemascope, Vistavision, Cinemascope-55 and had a 110x65 square foot screen designed by David Yelsi made of spun glass, plastic and rubber. They also had a swimming pool, nursery, picnic area and playgrounds.</p>
  • <p>Here’s the grand opening ad for the Linda Kay Drive-in opened June 29, 1956 in Dallas' annex Kleberg, TX. Other drive-ins had the publicity, but the Linda Kay outlasted most of them in a 30 year run.</p>
  • <p>2004 Booth view, a shot of the projection booth after the original Century Projectors had been removed for future use.</p>
  • <p>2004, Auditorium #1 view shot from projector port #2 as this was originally a very large single screen house. Note the sight line angle to the screen as a result of the twining. As a result Key stoning was always an issue according to my friend and union operator who ran the shows for 30 plus years here and at other Waco theaters</p>
  • <p>2004, Auditorium #1 view shot from projector port #1 as this was originally a very large single screen house. Note the sight line angle to the screen as a result of the twining. As a result Key stoning was always an issue according to my friend and union operator who ran the shows for 30 plus years here and at other Waco theaters.</p>
  • <p>2004 Lobby View, looking up at the “BONE like” plastic features which concealed the catwalk to the popcorn and projection rooms.</p>
  • <p>May 2004 just days before it was sadly demolished! It sat about a city block back off of Bosque Blvd behind the old Lake Air Mall. Both the original mall and theater were demolished to make room for the new shopping center.</p>
  • <p>1954</p>
  • <p>Bowie Blvd Drive In 1948</p>
  • <p>1956</p>
  • <p>Tampa Tribune/April 5, 1941. Grand opening ad for Spark’s Drive-in, Tampa’s first drive-in theatre. It was later renamed the Hillsboro Drive-in.</p>