Comments about Woodstock Drive-In in Edmond, OK

MichaelKilgore on June 1, 2024 at 9:16 am

I wonder whether this note is related to the Woodstock.

Boxoffice, April 20, 1970: “EDMOND, OKLA. - A request for rezoning to allow construction of a drive-in theatre was denied here by members of the city planning commission last month.”

MichaelKilgore on April 18, 2020 at 8:59 pm

Boxoffice, Nov. 20, 1972: “In Oklahoma City to book product through Theatre Booking Service was Ron Turner of the Sunset Drive-In, Muskogee, and the Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond”

Boxoffice, June 14, 1976: “Edward Roupe is the new owner of the Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond. He purchased the ozoner from Jim O'Donnell and Ron Turner.”

Boxoffice, Aug. 2, 1976: “Ed Roupe, Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond, was in town (Oklahoma City) to consult with his booker, Jim O'Donnell, TBS, and visit UA’s exchange.”

Boxoffice, May 9, 1977: “James Barnet has leased the Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond, and is in the process of leasing the Hollis Drive-In in Hollis.”

MichaelKilgore on May 9, 2019 at 7:40 am

The Woodstock was operating by August 1973, according to the results of a lawsuit reported by The Daily Oklahoman on May 29, 1974. The article said that a girl was injured at the drive-in on Aug. 5, 1973, and a judge later awarded her damages after she sued “Ronald Turner and James J. O'Donnell, doing business as Woodstock Drive-In Theater.”

MichaelKilgore on February 23, 2019 at 4:23 pm

The Sundown had been closed for years before the Woodstock surfaced in the 1980 edition of Motion Picture Almanac drive-in lists. The Woodstock had one of the briefest runs of any mentioned by the MPA, making its final appearance in the 1982 book. For its three years, it was shown with capacity 200, owner E. Roupe.