Bordeaux Drive-In
3930 Clarksville Pike,
Nashville,
TN
37220
3930 Clarksville Pike,
Nashville,
TN
37220
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The Bordeaux Drive-In was located on Clarksville Highway (Highway 41A) in the North Nashville neighborhood of Bordeaux. It was located on the right side of the highway as you were driving from Nashville towards Clarksville.
The Bordeaux Drive-In opened July 26, 1951 with Yvonne De Carlo in “Buccaneer’s Girl”. By 1955 it was operated by the Crescent Amusement Co. It was taken over by the Martin Theatres chain in 1965. It was closed in the late-1960’s or early-1970’s. The sign out front survived for several years after all other traces of the drive in were gone, but it is now also gone. By 20222 a Kroger grocery store stood on the site.
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Bob Brown
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She is on FACEBOOK,I am going to JUMP on that Girl, Nick is always a good bet to get stuff on.He wants to Include every theatre he finds.
I am on Facebook to have some theatre stuff on my page,saw Jennifer on mine as someone I might know must be from her e-mail that you use.Now back to the Bordeaux Drive-in to stay on topic,LOL.
Hey, TLSLOEWS, I don’t know who this Robin person is that has never posted your photos … but I’d sure love to see all these marquee photos you talk about. The new format of Cinema Treasures makes it very simple to upload photos. I’m also on Facebook in all the Nashville nostalgia groups. Love to see what you have.
O.K.Danny I am on Facebook as Terry Smith I have many photos on my Flickr account as loewsguy and have about 400 photos on my C.T. page as TLSLOEWS just click on TLSLOEWS on the comment above yours and you can veiw the photos.
This opened on July 26th, 1951. Grand opening ad in photo section.
The “green, roundish clump of trees” Silicon Sam mentions above that identified where there screen was is no more. The Hallmark Station apartments now occupy that site.
I don’t know how many of you remember “Spook” shows that used to play after the late movie- they consisted of some magic tricks and then something scary like cutting off the head of a volunteer from the audience or the creation of a Frankenstein monster. Usually there would be a frightening movie on that night.
When these shows played the Crescent houses they would often play the drive-ins too and do the show on the top of the concession building. People would just stand around and watch. Such shows played the Bordeaux several times.
Opened with “Buccaneer’s girl”.
Marquee photo added courtesy Ralph Mitchell.
Now Kroger grocery store. Please update.