"The Outsiders" movie, shot in Tulsa, page 2
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Crutchfield
Park, still located at 1345 E. Independence St., was the site of a fight
between greasers and soshes.
Does anyone know what bar/roadhouse this was?
David Bagsby via email: "The bar location in question was a derelict building
at the Stockyard exit off East 244. Lot of truck stops there now. I think
it may be torn down."
Bryan Crain said via email: "The white building stood at 161st
East Avenue and Admiral. It was torn down about 7 or years ago. A micro-motel
(hotel?) and a Burger King were built on the land where it once stood.
(from GroupBlog 221) Alan Glasco said:
I lived in the Mystery Bar back in 1965-1967. It was known as the "Rose Dew
Egg Farm". In its day, it was a very nice house.
Look at the second story and the last window to the far right. That is where
the bedroom scene was filmed. That was my bedroom. There were 4 bedrooms
upstairs and the house had a full basement with a coal chute for the coal
burning furnace.
It set on about 10 acres and there was a pear orchard on the land and two
barns. It had a 2-car detached (block, like the house) garage.
I had a roommate when the movie was filmed. He had lived in the other house
in the movie (across from the fight scene) We thought it was pretty ironic
that both our houses had been used in the movie.
(from GroupBlog 221) Dana LeMoine (webmaster and co-creator of
WeirdWard.net) said:
My wife, Lynne, lived in a house right behind the "Egg Farm House". She said
her parents were upset when the egg house was being converted into a bar,
because they thought that a real bar was going in. Of course they soon learned
it was for a movie and everything was fine then.
Lynne got to hop her fence and watch them shoot the scenes.
Pretty cool! |
This man is no stranger to any Tulsan who watched late-night TV in
the early 70s: Gailard Sartain, aka
Mazeppa.
Tulsan Gailard Sartain has acted in almost 60 movies. He played a
crucial role in "Mississippi Burning".
Ponyboy and Two-Bit hang outside the Owasso
Tastee-Freez.
Advancing soshes in the foreground; in the background: Ator Field
in Owasso, across from the Tastee-Freez.
Boston Avenue Methodist Church, an art deco landmark in downtown
Tulsa.
Started in the early 1920s, Oklahome Steel Castings at 1200 N.
Peoria was the largest steel castings plant west of the Mississippi. At its
height, it employed over 400 workers. It closed in the mid-1980s, but has
been cleaned up and now houses a chemical packaging company.
(via email, 5/5/2005) Stacy Richardson said:
I've always been fascinated that in the production of the motion
picture, they went to the trouble to make even the city bus as authentic
as possible: note the "MK&O" logo near the door. MK&O operated the
Tulsa bus system for several years, including, I believe, during the time
depicted in "The Outsiders," but had long since departed the local transit
milieu by the time the movie was made.
A nice touch, that. |
Of course, I had to include this shot of the
KOTV test pattern.
Author S.E. Hinton in her cameo appearance.
The UToteM stores were absorbed by Circle K in
1984. Anyone know which UToteM store Dallas robbed?
Bryan Crain said via email: "The UToteM in 'The Outsiders' was also in Owasso.
I believe it was caddy-corner from the Tastee-Freez."
11/10/2006: However, Karen at the
Outsiders
Book and Movie site says that S.E. Hinton told her it was the one at
12th and Houston in Tulsa.
Webmaster: In addition to Icees, our UToteM (near 117th and Admiral) also
offered a tube tester. |
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