![]() ![]() I can still recall keeping my eyes glued to the giant screen as we departed as we turned onto Northwest Expressway, you could see it for at least a half-mile. Often we would leave as the third feature was beginning. ![]() One July 4, we went to see the space adventure “Marooned.” Just as the film was reaching its dramatic climax, the screen went dark – it was time for the fireworks show! I recall being very perturbed that they couldn’t wait another fifteen minutes and let the film play out. Unfortunately, I don’t ever recall our car winning a round. A man with a walkie-talkie scurries over, verifies the numbers, and you march to the concession stand to claim your prize. The numbers are called out on the speakers, and if you get a winner, honk your horn. Come around 6pm, everyone in the car gets a bingo card. My dad worked for Aero Commander, a private airplane manufacturer, and they sometimes rented out the Cinema 70 for company events, like Auto Bingo. I recall my mom saying to dad “Should the boys really see this film?” No worries, even though I struggled mightily to see this notorious film (I knew about it from an article in Life magazine), I fell asleep. On one of our first trips there, we saw “Cat Ballou” another time the second feature was “Valley Of The Dolls”. ![]() My parents and their three young boys would load up the cooler with cheap Cragmont soda and home-cooked burgers, lay down the station wagon’s back seat so we would have room to eventually fall asleep, and head off to what seemed to be the very edge of OKC. The Cinema 70 was the theater of choice for my family in the mid to late 1960s. ![]()
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