Cairo Drive-In
N. Main Street and Mill Creek Drive,
Fuquay Varina,
NC
27526
N. Main Street and Mill Creek Drive,
Fuquay Varina,
NC
27526
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Previous Names: 5 Points Drive-In, Cairo 42 Drive-In
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The 5 Points Drive-In was opened by 1950. In January 1954 it was renamed Cairo Drive-In, car capacity was 250 cars. The drive-in was owned by James Bullock and it closed in the late-1970’s.
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The town of Fuquay (Springs?) merged with the adjoining town of Varina over fifty years ago and is now Fuquay-Varina. Fuquay-Varina and its predecessor towns were/are in the southern tip of Wake County where US 401 South (Main Street in F-V) intersects with NC Highway 42. The closest operating cinemas to Fuquay-Varina are two Regal multiplexes: the White Oak Stadium 14 in Garner and the Beaver Creek Cinemas in Apex. The Fuquay-Varina area is rapidly growing and may eventually get its own multiplex, possibly before the eastern Wake County towns of Wendell, Zebulon (which aren’t growing fast enough to warrant a multiplex) or Knightdale (which was promised a multiplex years ago but it never materialized).
The approximate location of this drive-in was on N Main St. east of Mill Creek Dr. Look for Cinema Dr. in Fuquay Varina.
The Cairo Drive-In was open as early as 1950, since it is clearly visible on aerial photos from 1950.
Also, this was originally called the 5 Points Drive-In, due to the proximity of the intersection of NC-55, NC-42, and US 401, known locally as “5 Points.”
Film Daily Yearbook also refers to the drive-in in Fuquay Springs (now called Fuquay Varnia) as 5 Points Drive-In, from 1950 to 1955, after which time it is referred to as Cairo Drive-In in all yearbooks going forward, with no further mention of 5 Points Drive-In after 1955.
From my many drives thru town,there is a brick building on main st,,that sure looks like a former theater .
Boxoffice, May 2, 1960: “James M. Bullock took over ownership of the Cairo Drive-In, Fuquay Springs as of April 17”
The Exhibitor, Jan. 27, 1954: “The Five Points Drive-In, Fuquay Springs, N. C., changed hands and now is being operated as the Cairo Drive-In, with the new owners and operators being Mack Weeks and William Lipscomb, who inaugurated extensive renovations and repairs, added a marquee and rest rooms, installed new fencing, and planted new shrubbery. The drive-in will be operated only on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights until April 1.”
Joe Bob Briggs, Nov. 22, 1984: “Communist Alert! Last week a Superior Court judge named Henry V. Barnette Jr. (also known as Hanky Panky) said the Cairo Drive-In was a “public nuisance” and closed the sucker down. It’s the one in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., run by Jimbo Bullock. Jimbo’s 64 years old and his wife just had a heart attack and he just flat don’t have the cold cash to appeal. It’s one thing when the greedy turkeys buy up the land and rip down the screens to build Wal-Marts. It’s a whole lot different when our own judges and lawyers turn out to be Communists in disguise.”
Joe Bob Briggs, Dec. 26, 1984: “Communist Alert! New facts keep coming out about Judge Henry V. “Hanky Panky” Barnette and his ruling that closed down the Cairo Drive-In in FuquayVarina, N.C. It seems that Hanky had to watch nine movies, including one that they put on upside down, before he could figure out they were “obscene.” First he watched Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle, then Titillation, Up and Coming, Johnny Does Paris, Summertime Blue, and four more of the suckers."