The Silvermoon was founded on April 14, 1948. Admission was only 35 cents per person. The opening attraction was Up Goes Maisie, starring Ann Sothern and George Murphy. The Theatre was owned and operated by I. Q. Mize and M. G. Waring.
On May 23, 1950 the screen was damaged in a tornado, but the theatre was reopened on July 1, 1950. In 1952 I. Q. Mize and M. G. Waring sold the theatre to Carl Floyd owner of Floyd Theaters, a successful chain of theatres across Florida.
Floyd Enterprises was acquired by Burnup & Sims in the late 1970s, but they retained Harold Spears, who Carl Floyd had appointed the president of Floyd Theatres. In 1985 another screen was added.
In the 1990s Burnup & Sims merged with Mastec. When in 1996 Mastec told Mr. Spears to close the remaining drive-in theatres, he formed Sun South Theatres and bought the Silvermoon Drive-in and two other drive-in theaters. One of those theaters, the 28th Street Drive-In in St. Pete was closed down in 2000.[2] The other theater, the Joy-Lan Drive-In in Dade City is still operating.[3] The cinema celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala in 1998.[4] In 2022, both of the Silver Moon's screens were upgraded to laser projection systems.
silvermoon, drive, silvermoon, drive, drive, theatre, lakeland, florida, established, 1948, last, remaining, drive, polk, county, florida, silvermoon, drive, seen, from, silver, moon, drive, december, 2020, contents, history, also, references, external, linksh. The Silvermoon Drive In is a drive in theatre in Lakeland Florida Established in 1948 it is the last remaining drive in of Polk County Florida 1 Silvermoon Drive In as seen from Silver Moon Drive off of US 92 December 2020 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Silvermoon was founded on April 14 1948 Admission was only 35 cents per person The opening attraction was Up Goes Maisie starring Ann Sothern and George Murphy The Theatre was owned and operated by I Q Mize and M G Waring On May 23 1950 the screen was damaged in a tornado but the theatre was reopened on July 1 1950 In 1952 I Q Mize and M G Waring sold the theatre to Carl Floyd owner of Floyd Theaters a successful chain of theatres across Florida Floyd Enterprises was acquired by Burnup amp Sims in the late 1970s but they retained Harold Spears who Carl Floyd had appointed the president of Floyd Theatres In 1985 another screen was added In the 1990s Burnup amp Sims merged with Mastec When in 1996 Mastec told Mr Spears to close the remaining drive in theatres he formed Sun South Theatres and bought the Silvermoon Drive in and two other drive in theaters One of those theaters the 28th Street Drive In in St Pete was closed down in 2000 2 The other theater the Joy Lan Drive In in Dade City is still operating 3 The cinema celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala in 1998 4 In 2022 both of the Silver Moon s screens were upgraded to laser projection systems See also editList of drive in theatersReferences edit At 75 drive in movies still draw fans GMA News Retrieved 2009 04 24 Silvermoon History Silvermoon Drive In Retrieved 2010 10 29 Joy Lan Drive In About Us Silver Moon turns golden Tampa Tribune April 11 1998 External links editTheatre Website28 02 06 N 82 00 55 W 28 0350 N 82 0154 W 28 0350 82 0154 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Silvermoon Drive in amp oldid 1170620662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
