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.”