Showtown Drive-In

4755 U.S. Highway 80,
Jackson, MS 39209

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The Showtown Drive-In was built as a twin-screen theatre August 5, 1965 with Noreen Corcoran in “The Girls on the Beach” and Elvis Presley in “GI Blues” on screen 1 and Bob Hope in “I’ll Take Sweden” & Dean Martin in “All in a Night’s Work” on screen 2. It was demolished around 1995.

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rivest266
rivest266 on February 24, 2013 at 12:57 pm

Was this at West Haven and Hwy 80? Still traces of a drive-in there.

Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson on August 26, 2013 at 2:12 pm

Yes. Traces of the drive in are still there at Westhaven and Highway 80.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 16, 2015 at 7:58 pm

Please update address to:

4755 U.S. 80
Jackson, MS 39209

ClintonArrow
ClintonArrow on January 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm

Actually, I believe the Sinclair gas station was on the NE side of the Westhaven/Hwy 80 intersection and the Super Slide was on the NW corner. The plastics company and buildings on the south side of the intersection have been there a long time. Showtown was further east on 80 toward Creshale’s.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 14, 2016 at 8:09 pm

This opened on August 5th, 1965. Its grand opening ad can be seen in the photo section.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 23, 2020 at 11:02 am

Screen 1 was called Bulldog, and screen 2 was called Rebel. Opened on 5/8/1965 on screen 1 with “Girls on the beach” and “G.I. blues” on screen 2 with “I’ll take Sweden” and “All in a night’s work”.

jwmovies
jwmovies on December 24, 2022 at 1:17 pm

This one had a long driveway (think Fairyland in KCMO). It is much further south than the old highway. Look for remains/skeleton. You can tell it was a twin!🤩🤩🤩

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