Sky-Vue Drive-In
441 Osage Drive,
Purcell,
OK
73080
441 Osage Drive,
Purcell,
OK
73080
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Located on Osage Drive, off Green Avenue. Smart Streamline styling and lovely landscaping defined the Sky-Vue Auto Theatre which opened on May 22, 1952 with Frank Sinatra in “Meet Danny Wilson”.
Here car windshields were washed clean while waiting to purchase tickets at the box-office. It was later re-named Sky-Vue Drive-In and was still open in 1970. It was demolished in 1977.
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On this link recent snapshots show a windswept Skyview Drive-In,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/169
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1524 S Green Ave.
A closer address (at least with Google) is 441 Osage Dr, Purcell, OK. Today, the GM Tank company which produces septic tanks and storm shelters occupies the property. The only remnants of the drive-in is the general outline and the marquee which the company still uses. http://tinyurl.com/z3mwmdl
The above address is incorrect. Osage Drive did not exist when this drive in was open as that was where the entrance road stood.
A more accurate address for this theater is 1524 S Green Ave, Purcell OK 73080. This points directly to the entrance road itself.
Please update.
The marquee has been removed.
The address is: 441 Osage Dr, Purcell, OK…you are correct that Osage Drive did exist when the drive-in was open. But 1524 S.Green Ave lands at the corner of S.Green Ave and Sherri Classic Drive too far south. That is using Goggle and Bing maps. The tank company that is located at the DI property now is at: 441 Osage Dr, Purcell, OK
GPS: 34.996535, -97.365583
Boxoffice, July 4, 1977: “The Skyvu Drive-In, Purcell, is being dismantled and will be replaced by some other business venture.”
The Sky-Vue opened its gates on May 22, 1952 with Frank Sinatra in “Meet Danny Wilson” with no extras. It was originally managed by Levi Metclif but was then taken over by Broken Bow resident Lyndal Privett exactly two months later (who once operated the Chief Theatre there).
A 1975 aerial shows the drive-in intact. By 1981, it had clearly closed.