Del Drive-In
5000 SE 29th Street,
Del City,
OK
73101
5000 SE 29th Street,
Del City,
OK
73101
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Previous Names: Bee Gee Drive-In
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The Bee Gee Drive-In opened on May 8, 1948 with Bing Crosby in “Welcome Stranger”. It was owned by Paul Brewer. It was a single screen with a car capacity of 400. In April 1949 it was renamed Del Drive-In. It was closed in 1959.
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This link has a lot of facts about the old Bee Gee,
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Cool.
May 8th, 1948 grand opening ad in photo section.
Sounds like this drive-in is no longer staying alive!?
The Bee Gee Auto Theatre (sometimes Bee-Gee) advertised in the Daily Oklahoman through at least August 1948. The first Del Drive-In ad I could find was April 1949. The Del ads continued through 1959.
I could find no references to this drive-in ever being called the Sooner. After the Del closed, another drive-in opened east of it, and that drive-in was called the Twin, then the Sooner Twin.
Ownership note in the June 13, 1953 issue of Boxoffice: “Del Drive-In Theatre, Inc., has filed notice of dissolution of charter of incorporation with the secretary of state.”
Boxoffice, Aug. 16, 1952: “The Del City Drive-In, owned by R. Lewis Barton, was the scene of an explosion which is still a mystery to Midwest City police. A homemade booby trap exploded under a young navy veteran’s car at the ozoner. No indications were found that the act of planting the trap was aimed specifically at either Albert Hubbard, the victim, or the management. Hubbard reported that the "thing” exploded when his car hit it as he was driving toward a parking place. Cardboard and string fragments salvaged by the victims were sent to FBI laboratories in Washington for analysis."