Midway Drive-In (Texas)

The Midway Drive-In Theater was built in 1955 Between Turkey, Texas and Quitaque, Texas when there were over 300 operating drive-ins in Texas.[1] It was like the other Midway Drive-Ins which were built midway between two towns or cities. It closed down in the 1980s during a time that few drive-ins were surviving across America.[2] Then it was purchased, restored and reopened to play current movies by a local citizen in 2000. The Midway was noted in episode 818 of Texas Country Reporter that aired May 3, 2003.[3] The Drive-in ran for over five years until it closed again. The property was rented and the Drive-In opened intermittently until 2009 when it was purchased by another family and they started a second restoration and reopened the theater.[4] It has been listed as one of 545 known permanently constructed and commercially operated drive-ins in the world that still operated in 2011.[5] There are other Midway Drive-Ins located around the US, however this theater is the only known Midway Drive-In that was still in operation in Texas up until 2011.[6] The Midway Drive-in closed down and did not open in 2012 because of the lack of available 35mm film prints. Supply slowed down because of the Hollywood transition to digital distribution only.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ Drive In Movie.com: http://www.driveinmovie.com/TX.htm
  2. ↑ Drive In Theater.com History: http://www.driveintheater.com/history/1980.htm
  3. ↑ From Show #818 Texas Country Reporter Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/texascountryreporter/#p/search/2/7i7dN96rYaI
  4. ↑ Cinema Treasures.org: http://cinematreasures.org/theater/13083/
  5. ↑ entertainmentscene.com: http://www.entertainmentscene.com/drive_ins.htm
  6. ↑ Cinema Treasures.org: http://cinematreasures.org/location/country=181&state=45&show=all
  7. ↑ http://deadline.com: http://deadline.com/2012/06/studios-will-stop-distributing-conventional-film-prints-here-by-end-of-2013-report-283549/

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Coordinates: 34°22′28″N 100°58′31″W / 34.37456°N 100.97539°W / 34.37456; -100.97539


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