The Bayou Drive-In opened during the late-1950s, as a 1955 aerial view shows a house on its site. It operated for around a decade but I cannot confirm its closing date. The traces were gone during the early-1980s but the screen was still standing into the late-1980s.
The actual opening date is June 1, 1950 with Robert Montgomery in “Once More My Darling” along with a few cartoons and two-reel comedies, featuring a 40x48ft screen.
Opened on September 23, 1963. It originally housed 16mm projection but later converted to 35mm projection in June 1965.
Opened in 1974, and this is a first-run house, not second-run.
Opened in 1946.
Opened on July 23, 1949 and closed as a movie theater in 1974.
Current functions are first-run films and live performances.
Current function is first-run.
The concession stand continued to survive until the latter half of the 1990s.
Its concession stand continued to survive until the mid-1980s.
Still open in 1987, but was gone by 1993.
The Bayou Drive-In opened during the late-1950s, as a 1955 aerial view shows a house on its site. It operated for around a decade but I cannot confirm its closing date. The traces were gone during the early-1980s but the screen was still standing into the late-1980s.
Still operating in the mid-1980s, but was gone during the early-1990s. The screen was demolished in the mid-1990s.
Right after closure, the entire theater stood into as late as 1982, but was gone by 1985.
Still open in 1983, but gone by the early-1990s.
The actual opening date is June 1, 1950 with Robert Montgomery in “Once More My Darling” along with a few cartoons and two-reel comedies, featuring a 40x48ft screen.
The New Windsor Theatre closed on August 31, 1957 with “Don’t Knock The Rock” along with an unnamed cartoon.
Closed as a movie theater on April 29, 1996 with “Happy Gilmore”.
Renamed the Arcade Theatre in 1969, closed on December 9, 1972 with “Kansas City Bomber”.
Its most likely that the building was painted immediately after opening.
The man that was killed in the demolition was identified as Augusto Mejia Solis, a 27-year-old accountant from Costa Rica.
Once operated by Sony Theatres.
Last first-run films ran on January 26, 1996.
Closed with “The Viscount” and “The Cool Ones”.
I’m very sure the Carroll made it to the 80s, despite the fading traces.
Closed in the mid-1980s. It was already demolished by 1986.
The fire most likely ended the Virginia Theatre’s life.