North 5th Street Drive-In

505 W. Elder Avenue,
Duncan, OK 73533

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North 5th Street Drive-In Theatre

Opened in late-June 1950. The very old North 5th Street Drive-In had some unique seating which was situated on top of the concession stand’s sloping roof. In 1955 it was operated by Video Independent Theatres.

Contributed by Hammer-O-God / Don Lewis / Billy Smith / Billy Holcomb

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raybradley
raybradley on June 3, 2009 at 10:32 am

This link states this 5th Street property is now used as a junk yard. A sad ending for such a nice drive-in!
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Drover
Drover on June 2, 2011 at 9:50 am

Fixed the Google Earth picture. The one before was looking out at a field. The new one is the junkyard that raybradley mentioned.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 2, 2011 at 10:11 am

Guys,I have it parking 400 cars in 1956,No estimate on roof seats. It was owned by Jack Guest.Noticed there were two other Drive-ins in Duncan in the late Fifties.

Kenmore
Kenmore on June 12, 2013 at 4:43 pm

I believe that the indicated location of the 5th Street Drive-In is wrong. Here is the aerial photo of the drive in. http://tinyurl.com/ldknwh2 Note that the roads are parallel. If you go further south to 5th & Elder, you’ll see where it matches up. http://tinyurl.com/m63dvj2

A Bank now sits on the property, but you can still see the outline of the drive in and the ridges.

kcloan
kcloan on March 10, 2015 at 7:04 pm

North 5th Street Drive In was in the Duncan telephone book in 1951 and drop in 1956. Duncan Iron and Metal is in the background.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on March 10, 2015 at 7:25 pm

The correct address is:

505 W Elder Ave, Duncan, OK 73533

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 6, 2019 at 6:21 am

The June 10, 1950 issue of BoxOffice included the “Fifth Street Moviette, Duncan, 250 cars, owned by Jack Guest”, in its list of drive-ins scheduled to open later that month.

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