9/2/2023 0 Comments Drive in movie okcThis summer, families watched three films per night at $4 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Shows ranged from Walt Disney films such as "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" to "Animal House" and "The Blue Lagoon." "People would come over and we'd pop popcorn and sit there and watch the show," she says. The Cornelius family hooked the sound into their stereo. She says the case arose because of litter windswept into the homes. It was in the house when the couple moved in four years ago, and Cornelius says she believes it was part of a settlement made by the drive-in owner after a lawsuit. Her house and several others along the drive-in's fence have a speaker in their yards. "It was a really big thing while I was growing up to go to the drive-in, especially in high school," says Cornelius, 30. "It's really kind of sad," says Cindy Cornelius, whose house abuts 14 Flags. ![]() ![]() There are none left in northwest Oklahoma City. Few remain: The Hillcrest on SW 59, the Riviera on SE 59, Winchester at 6930 S Western, Skyview on NE 23. In Oklahoma City, these mammoths of the theater world seem to be going the way of the dinosaurs. When it opened in June 1968 it was billed as the largest drive-in theatre in Oklahoma. ![]() Just recently the billboard at 9901 S Pennsylvania was advertising movies, but now there is just a two-word message: "Closed forever." The 28 acres it sits on are for sale, and the realtor believes the land is best suited for "a townhouse type of development." It is as final as the last two words of any film The End and that is where the 14 Flags Drive-in has arrived.
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