Moon Lite Drive-In
1390 Gardner Drive,
Palestine,
TX
75801
1390 Gardner Drive,
Palestine,
TX
75801
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Previous Names: North Palestine Drive-In
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The North Palestine Drive-In was open as early as April 1949. From June 2, 1950, following refurbishment, it was renamed the Moon Lite Drive-In, reopening with Randolph Scott in “Albuquerque”.
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Closed ~1982? Can anyone verify the exact date?
Need an address, more info and photos.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 501 East Palestine Avenue.
The 501 East Palestine Ave address is for the Dogwood Drive-In. The Moon Lite was on Frankston Highway.
The correct address is:
1390 Gardner Drive Palestine, TX 75801
If 1390 Gardner Drive is the correct address, then the drive-in closed long before 1982. A 1983 aerial shows the property with a decent-size business and a home with no trace of a drive-in remaining.
While it is certainly possible the area was completely transformed in less than a year, it’s far more likely that the drive-in closed several years before that.
Opened on 2/6/1950 with “Albuquerque” and “Robin Hoodwinked”.
The former location of the drive-in is now part of the Moonlite subdivision.
July 4, 1954 the Moonlite was showing “The Wild One,”, starring Brando.