Carefree Drive-In
Oliver Springs,
TN
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I don’t know a lot about the Carefree Drive In, but I do remember driving by it in the mid-1970’s. I never actually saw a movie there. If I remember correctly, the entrance of the drive-in was at the dead end of a side street on the left side of Highway 62 if you were driving from Oak Ridge and/or towards Coalfield, and it seemed to be fairly small. I don’t know when it opened or closed.
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Bob Brown
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I have a KNOXVILLE paper,Sept.24.1967 that has THE CAREFREE DRIVE-in On HIGHWAY 61,not 62 as Mr.Brown has stated. They were playing in case Mr.Brown wants to know “DON’T MAKE WAVES” Tony Curtis,Admission $1.00.Now Wednesday.
Coming next was"FASTEST GUITAR ALIVE" and “YOUR CHEATING HEART”
After that for Saturday night was “GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH” and"EVERYDAY IS A HOLIDAY".
Thanks Mike!!!!
Mike, Highway 61/62 in Oliver Springs is the same Highway. Click the map button at the top of the page and enlarge and you can see.
Only in Tennessee.Sorry Tlsloews.
No Problem Mike.
TLSLOEWS.Does that make sense what Chuck1231 wrote. i know its fact Highway 61 and 62 are the same highway.
Like you said only in Tennessee.
Mike, what I was trying to convey was that in the header Bob said it was on Hwy. 62, then on 3/17/10 you said that it was on Hwy 61. Then on 3/18/10 you said that you knew that Hwy 61/62 are the same road. So what Bob said in the header is correct.
I lived in East Tennessee, in and around Knoxville, from 1972 until 1978. One of the great things about the KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL at the time was that in Friday’s paper, in addition to ads for the Knoxville theaters and drive-ins, they also had a feature called “showing at area drive-ins” where you could find out what was showing at drive-ins in the surrounding small towns. There were so many of them then. I would have never believed at the time that virtually all of them would have disappeared so fast!
Bbrown, I had relatives in East Tenn. and somehow managed to save a few SENTINELS,that is where i am getting my movies. I think most towns the size of Knoxville had in friday’s paper what was showing and what was coming next week. My paper here in Augusta had the same thing,and yes i saved a few of them.