Belle-Mead Drive-In
2015 14th Street Loop,
Bartlesville,
OK
74003
2015 14th Street Loop,
Bartlesville,
OK
74003
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Previously operated by: Video Independent Theaters Inc.
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The Belle-Mead Drive-In was opened on July 4, 1953 with Stewart Granger in “Wild North” when it was operated by Video Independent Theatres. It had a capacity for 350-cars and a 50-seat patio for walk-in patrons. There was a kiddie’s playground and a small animal zoo. It was closed on September 5, 1957 with Fess Parker in “Davy Crockett:King of the Wild Frontier”.
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Found it! The Bellameade Drive-In was located on the SE corner of what is now 14th Street Loop and HWY 123 on the west side of Bartlesville.
There are a few businesses on the property and no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/ncnr3cl
The old entrance road to the drive-in is still present. It starts on the 14th Street Loop and runs direct south to Acorn Storage which is a business that occupies the property.
The address for this theater is 2015 14th St Loop, Bartlesville, OK 74003. This points directly to the entrance road. Now Acorn Storage Center.
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Is Belle Meade a persons name?
The theater is the Belle-Mead Drive-In and sometimes the Belle Mead Drive-In (should be also known as, I guess). It’s not the Belle Meade, however. The confusion is that Belle Meade is a neighborhood in Bartlesville so not sure why the “e' was not included.
The Belle-Mead was built and opened in 1953. It closed on September 5, 1957 with Fess Parker in “Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier.” The equipment was stored for the winter and never reopened. The drive-in was a target for vandals over the next five years before being demolished. According to most report, not surprisingly, the Belle-Mead was not consistently well patronized with the Hill-Top being the far more popular of the town’s two ozoners.
The drive-in was still intact in 1971, although it doesn’t appear to be operational. By 1980, it was demolished. By 1995, all traces of it had disappeared.