Shamrock Drive-In
US-283 and E0200 Road,
Laverne,
OK
73848
US-283 and E0200 Road,
Laverne,
OK
73848
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Manager Darrel Richardson was the main operator of the Shamrock Drive-In.
This seasonal (April to November) theatre was originally set to open on April 1, 1955 but it was postponed and later pushed 6 days later to its grand opening day on April 7, 1955 with various short subjects for free at 6:30 PM. A day later on the 8th, its first feature the Shamrock Drive-In played is the 1954 20th Century Fox film “Garden Of Evil” starring Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Susan Hayward.
It was still in operation in 1974, but the closing date is unknown.
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The Shamrock was owned by Mr & Mrs Ermel L O'Hern. C A Crouch purchased the Drive-In May 5, 1976. Crouch also owned the Star and El-co in Shattuck, OK. The Shamrock was located 1 mile north of town, possibly at the intersection of US 283 and E0190 Road.
A 1973 topo map shows a drive-in at the intersection of US-283 and E0200 Road, Laverne, OK.
The drive-in sat on the SW corner of the intersection. Today, General Inc. Oil Field Services occupies the property. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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I Can Only Find A Few Articles From The 1955-1962 Era Of This Drive-In Off Of The Newspapers Website. So There’s Not A Lot Of Information As I Posted This. They Already Had A CinemaScope Screen At The Time The Opening Was Made In 55.
Boxoffice, March 18, 1974: “Ike Carroll is the new owner of the Shamrock Drive-In at Laverne and Athel Boyter will do the booking and buying”
Boxoffice, April 9, 1955: “The Shamrock Drive-In, the third in the northwest section of Oklahoma, staged an open house March 31 and started programs April 1. Ermel Lee O'Hern, longtime resident of Laverne, installed the theatre at a cost of more than $30,000. This is his first venture in show business. The capacity will be 200 cars, with room for an extra 50 if necessary. The all-purpose screen is 70x28 feet. The two-story concession building has a projection booth and living quarters for the manager upstairs; the bottom part houses the cafeteria-style concession stand and restrooms.”