Northwest Hi-Way Drive-In

3215 NW Expressway,
Oklahoma City, OK 73106

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Jim Beaver
Jim Beaver on April 20, 2013 at 1:00 pm

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!

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on July 14, 2012 at 3:08 am

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.

whorton
whorton on July 13, 2012 at 11:01 am

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.