Northwest Hi-Way Drive-In
3215 NW Expressway,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73106
3215 NW Expressway,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73106
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The Northwest Hi-Way Drive-In opened in 1947 and was operated by Starlight Amusement. It had a single screen and a 756 car capacity. It closed in 1979 and was later demolished and a Marriot Hotel now sits on the site.
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I dare say that clipping looks very familiar. Perhaps it came from a listing I posted on another site, contrasting the first and the last ad from the drive in. Notice too, the Altus Drive in ad.
See the posting at: www.driveins.org/aida4.html
The Northwest Highway was Oklahoma City’s first drive in. Opening the same day that the Odom’s drive in opened on S. Shields. (Later to become the Barton’s ‘77 drivein.)
Just for the record, the drive in opened on July 2, 1947, The last showing was on Sept 15, 1979. That clipping is the last ad published.
Lauren Durbin might have gotton then from the newspaper, she does a lot of research on Oklahoma Theatres and Drive-Ins She has a trove of her own photos that she has taken of the old theatres and drive-in. She’s a pretty big contributor to CT.
I got my start as a projectionist at the NW Hiway Drive-In. First day on the job, I dropped the first reel of KLUTE on my foot and broke two toes. When I got back to work, we were showing THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE. I remember one of the projectors burning out during LITTLE BIG MAN and I had to stop the film for about five minutes between each reel to let the one remaining projector cool down and reload it with the next reel. Good times. Now I act in movies. Almost as much fun!