Capri Drive-In
7600 Charles Page Boulevard,
Tulsa,
OK
74101
7600 Charles Page Boulevard,
Tulsa,
OK
74101
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On this link recent photos show the old Capri Drive-In filled with rusting automobiles,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/170
Your the man Mike.
Yes.It parked 570 cars and was owned by LINE AMUSEMENTS.In 1956.
roadsideoklahoma web pages has further detail,
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The car capacity was actually 570.
Was mentioned in the documentary “Drive-In Movie Memories” in 2001.
As far as I know this was the only drive-in theatre in the nation with street car service that would drop patrons off at the gate -
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A tropical ambience permeated the Capri grounds. Mimosa trees, frothy ferns, and exotic foliage surrounded the porperty perimeter that formed a natural privacy fence.
From the Beryl Ford Collection comes this vintage view -
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D3525.jpg
The photo just above would have been taken in 1965.
A nice marquee shot of the Capri Drive-In Theatre, before it started showing raunchy X-rated product.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/B8206.jpg
This short cut takes you to a most interesting link containing historical facts and photos about every drive-in theatre that ever operated in Tulsa,
http://tulsatvmemories.com/aida.html
Use this for a direct route to when Capri Drive-In was an x-rated theatre;
http://tulsatvmemories.com/capri.html
An eerie image of the old Capri Drive-In can be seen here;
http://tulsatvmemories.com
Web site ‘Tulsa TV Memories’ has clear images of the CAPRI Drive-In.
Another web site, ‘Retro Tulsa Museum’ has postcard views of this and other Tulsa movie houses.