Tower Drive-In

430 Old Morris Road and Skyline Drive,
Okmulgee, OK 74447

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Previously operated by: Video Independent Theaters Inc.

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1949

Okmulgee’s Tower Drive-In was located east of town, near the Oklahoma State Tech campus. It was a nondescript operation with a gray sheet metal screen tower, plain white box-office, and a gray sheet metal concession stand. A small patio out front had a few gray lawn chairs. There was no landscaping to speak of.

The Tower Drive-In was opened proior to 1955 when it was owned by Video Independent Theaters Inc. (subsidiary to RKO).

Contributed by Catus Jack

Recent comments (view all 6 comments)

seymourcox
seymourcox on April 24, 2009 at 8:11 am

Okmulgee resident John Smith told me that nature gave the Tower Drive-In a lovely bonus, during warm months lightning bugs were plentiful after nightfall and gave a twinkling glow to the grounds.

raybradley
raybradley on December 8, 2009 at 3:18 pm

Projectors, concession fixtures, and boxoffice devices for the Tower Drive-In were recycled equipment from the old Rex Theatre.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 29, 2010 at 7:20 pm

1956 Motion picture Almanac has it parking 400 cars!

Kenmore
Kenmore on November 14, 2014 at 5:49 pm

The Tower Drive-In was located at 430 E0960 Road. https://goo.gl/maps/PG0p8

You can still make out the ramps and the foundation of the projector booth/concession stand.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on October 9, 2021 at 10:26 am

Thanks to the newspaper clippings posted by jamestx234, we now know that the Tower opened on June 10, 1949. The first program was “Frontier Gal” starring Yvonne DeCarlo, two “big” cartoons, and my favorite, “The Twilight Serenade - one-half hour of restful, inspiring recorded music for your listening pleasure every evening before the picture starts.”

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