Crest Drive-In

13671 US-183,
Hobart, OK 73651

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rivest266
rivest266 on September 20, 2025 at 2:44 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 3, 2025 at 8:24 am

The last ad I could find for the Crest in the Kiowa County Star-Review was Sept. 1, 1960. The program was “Pork Chop Hill” and “Tarzan the Ape Man”

Kenmore
Kenmore on February 2, 2025 at 1:24 pm

A closer address is 13671 US-183, Hobart, OK.

Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.

A 1957 aerial shows the drive-in intact and apparently operational. By 1983 it had been demolished.

Today, the Hobart Stockyards sits on the property. But you can still see the parch marks of some of the ramps.

https://tinyurl.com/579m25hn

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on November 11, 2024 at 7:13 am

Opened with Rod Cameron in “The Plunderers” along with two unnamed cartoons as well as a fireworks display after the show.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 4, 2019 at 8:06 am

The May 20, 1950 issue of BoxOffice reported that “the Crest, a 300-car situation, was opened at Hobart May 10” by Video Theatres.

BoxOffice added a few more details on June 3. “Tom Kirkham is local manager for the (Video) circuit. The drive-in has a capacity of 400 cars, a snack bar and asphalt drive surfaces.”

jwmovies
jwmovies on February 23, 2019 at 2:26 am

A more accurate address for this theater is 13742 US-183, Hobart, OK 73651. This points directly to the drive in itself. Now Hobart Stockyards.

Please update.

whorton
whorton on October 30, 2016 at 1:12 am

Although there was a drive-in at this location, it was the CREST drive in out of HOBART. It was never called the “Rocky” it opened on 5 Jun 1950. If I had a way to add photos I could provide copies of listings in Theatre Catalog, IMPA and and the opening ad.

Wesley Horton