We’ve been visiting some drive-in theaters this summer. Now’s the perfect-perfect weather, so maybe it’s time to see a show outside:
The Hi-Way 50 Drive-In, in Lewisburg, Tennessee
The 411 Drive In, in Centre, Alabama, where they were having outdoor church services on Sundays this year too
Cotton field just past the ticket hut
Sand Mountain Twin Drive-In, Boaz AL — playing some American cinema classics earlier this summer
What’s left of the now-closed Piedmont Drive In, Piedmont AL
From 2017, this pic of what’s now called the Grand River Drive In, in Leeds AL
No longer in business, this was The Drive In in Argo AL. It was next to a railroad track, so whenever the train went through, we lost a certain amount of audio from the film. Everyone just rolled with it, though — it was almost like part of the experience. Pic from 2007.
Blue Moon Drive In, Gu-Win, Alabama, from 2008
From 2005, this pic of the now non-extant Beverly in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Southern Spaces journal, 2008: Starlit Screens: Preserving Place and Public at Drive-In Theaters