Comet Drive-In

2104 W. Broadway Avenue,
Sulphur, OK 73086

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on April 29, 2024 at 7:11 pm

The Comet Drive-In opened its gates on April 28, 1950 with Larry Parks in “Renegade” along with a few unnamed short subjects. It was first operated by John Blakeman and Jim Rochell.

  • Exactly two weeks later, Waite T. Kerr and Mrs. Izah Adams opened the Starlite Drive-In right next door on the opposite side on May 8, 1950 with William Bendix in “Life Of Riley” with no extra short subjects. Both the Comet and the Starlite battle with each other until the Starlite closed for the final time in 1955, leaving the Comet the only drive-in theater in Sulphur.

The Comet Drive-In continued operating into the late-1980s, but was gone by the mid-1990s.

Kenmore
Kenmore on April 28, 2024 at 8:54 am

The Comet Drive-In sat where the Carl’s Jr. and the Veritas School is located today. All remnants of the drive-in have been removed.

kennerado
kennerado on April 11, 2020 at 7:02 am

Approximate address now is actually 2104 W Broadway Ave, Sulphur, OK.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 6, 2019 at 6:11 am

The June 10, 1950 issue of BoxOffice included the Comet, “300 cars, owned by John Blakeman and Jim Rochelle”, in its list of newly built drive-ins that opened in May 1950. It also included Sulphur’s Starlite in that list.

jwmovies
jwmovies on September 22, 2012 at 8:10 pm

Now Super 8 Motel. Approx. address for this drive-in was 2116 West Broadway.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 27, 2010 at 10:15 am

Here is a photo of the abandoned Comet Drive-In:
http://tinyurl.com/yc9qpb7