Tidwell Drive-In
9603 Homestead Road,
Houston,
TX
77016
9603 Homestead Road,
Houston,
TX
77016
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The Tidwell Drive-In opened on September 1, 1955. The opening night double feature was “The Man from Laramie” with James Stewart and Arthur Kennedy, plus “5 Against the House” with Guy Madison and Kim Novak. It was closed on April 16, 1979 with Gene Wilder in “Young Frankenstein”, Ryan O'Neal in “The Driver” & Gary Lockwood in “Bad Georgia Road”.
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Boxoffice, Sept. 10, 1955: “One of the Gulf coast’s most modern and de luxe drive-ins, the new Tidwell, had its formal opening at Tidwell and Homestead roads here Thursday (1) under the management of H. D. "Cotton” Griffith. The Tidwell is owned by Griffith with H. N. Mitchamore and Associates. Mitchamore is owner of the Market Street Drive-In of which Griffith has been manager the last six years. The new Tidwell has a 900-car capacity and a 90x20-foot patio with seating capacity for 200 persons. There are 17 ramps, slag-topped with steel waste from the Sheffield Steel Co. The tower is built 20 telephone poles with asbestos siding … The screen measures 110x50 feet and projection throw is 420 feet."
Grand opening ad posted.
The Tidwell exited the ozoner world on April 16, 1979 with a triple feature of “Young Frankenstein,” “The Driver” and “Bad Georgia Road.” Swift Transportation used it for vehicle storage and logistics for the until 1989 likely taking it to the end of its lease. The entire facility was replaced by the Swiss Village on the Park Apartments with 163 units in the early 1990s.