Movie Trivia

[ddavidson8]

Back to the theaters, here is a link to a close up of the trend. I wish I could get into that place and see what it's like.

OK102

Doug, I think you may be my brother from another mother. Anything else you can write about theaters will be devoured by me more than once. I love old cinemas.

[ddavidson8]

More interesting stuff. The Continental was one of three. The one in Denver is still around, but now a part of a multiplex. The exterior was changed and the lobby is gone, but the original auditorium still exists. This seems like a great move to me. I hate to see the lobby gutted, but it's better than tearing down the whole thing. CinemaTour - Cinemas Around the World - Continental 10, Denver CO

Also, I found this while searchig.
Oklahoma City and Tulsa movie theatres

[Prunepicker]

The May theater building is still there as an antique/Quilt store... A friend of
my wife's owns the building and the business. It's on the West Side of May
Avenue.

And the theater I'm talking about, just south of N.W. 13th & N. May is still
there, too. It's also an antique store.

[Prunepicker]

Back to the theaters, here is a link to a close up of the trend. I wish I could
get into that place and see what it's like.

OK102

The Trend became the new home of Oui Lin's, which is next door in the link
you showed. Chop Suey is on top of the facing.

[Prunepicker]

More interesting stuff. The Continental was one of three. The one in Denver
is still around, but now a part of a multiplex. The exterior was changed and
the lobby is gone, but the original auditorium still exists.

The Continental building is still in OKC. It's over by the Founder's Tower.

The last movie I saw there was Gone with the Wind. Ice Station Zebra was
the last first run I saw there.

[Doug Loudenback]

More interesting stuff. The Continental was one of three. The one in Denver is still around, but now a part of a multiplex. The exterior was changed and the lobby is gone, but the original auditorium still exists. This seems like a great move to me. I hate to see the lobby gutted, but it's better than tearing down the whole thing. CinemaTour - Cinemas Around the World - Continental 10, Denver CO

Also, I found this while searchig.
Oklahoma City and Tulsa movie theatres

Oooh, that last link looks so cool! I'll have to take a closer look later.

Since you like movies (as I do) I guess you've seen my older article on downtown movies (still more to be done ... sometimes I'm slow to finish things!) ... but just in case you missed it, here's the link: Doug Dawgz Blog: Let's Go Downtown To The Movies

ON EDIT: I started looking through that www.scridb.com link ...spot checking, took a look at the Circle Theater. This is the page it shows:



Note that it shows the theater's date of ending operation as 1950.

In 1941 or 1942, the Circle's name changed to the Capitol.



It was still using name as late as 1962 ... here's a 1961 [edit note: I originally said 1968 instead of 1961] ad:



At some point, the theater became the Capri:





Based on the above, one should take care about information contained in the linked resource.

[ddavidson8]

Yes, I've been through that site. Great job.

Prunepicker, the Continental was sadly torn down at least 3 years ago. It was in a terrible state of shape, and probably had to go, but still it's sad. I was able to get into the lobby at one point, as were many others. It was basically empty and very, very dark. Lots of graffiti and I would guess some squaters at some point.

[USG '60]

And the theater I'm talking about, just south of N.W. 13th & N. May is still
there, too. It's also an antique store.

Prune, are you absolutely sure that that was a theater? I have some old photos of its red, orange, and green vitrolite finial that certainly looks like it may have been an old theater sign, but I just don't remember it ever being a theater. I wish I knew how to put pictures on here. Can someone walk me through it?.

[Generals64]

Prune, are you absolutely sure that that was a theater? I have some old photos of its red, orange, and green vitrolite finial that certainly looks like it may have been an old theater sign, but I just don't remember it ever being a theater. I wish I knew how to put pictures on here. Can someone walk me through it?.

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O.K., you guys are over my head but, wasn't there a theater over around 23rd and Mcarthur or somewhere in that vicinity???....I remember going to see the premier of The Bible there....Now I'm going to have to fire up the old van and start looking...I do have a Brick from the Old Redskin....and No, I don't know why.........

[gmwise]

What was the first drive-in movie you remember going to? Mine was "The
Left-handed Gun" with Paul Newman. I thought it was cool because I was
left-handed and wore a Colt .45!

I'm a left handed person as well, then I went liberal...its a matter of time..you will be assimilated..lol

[Doug Loudenback]

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O.K., you guys are over my head but, wasn't there a theater over around 23rd and Mcarthur or somewhere in that vicinity???....I remember going to see the premier of The Bible there....Now I'm going to have to fire up the old van and start looking...I do have a Brick from the Old Redskin....and No, I don't know why.........

Would that be the Westwood? It was at 5956 NW 23rd.

[ddavidson8]

Based on the above, one should take care about information contained in the linked resource.

Yeah, I noticed some things in there that were questionable (factually), not to mention the typos and misspellings. Still, it's a pretty neat link.

[ddavidson8]

There was also the MacArthur Park 4, but I think the one that would have screened The Bible would have been the Westwood.

[Prunepicker]

Prune, are you absolutely sure that that was a theater? I have some old
photos of its red, orange, and green vitrolite finial that certainly looks like it
may have been an old theater sign, but I just don't remember it ever being a
theater. I wish I knew how to put pictures on here. Can someone walk me
through it?.

Here's how you post a photo.
1. Select "Reply" or "Quote"
2. On the tool bar there is a yellow square with mountains and a sun. It the
14th image on the 2nd line of the tool bar. Select it
3. Enter the URL to your photo and select OK.
4. If the photo is extremely huge you'll have to reduce the size of it with
an editor.

[wheltzel]

There was also the MacArthur Park 4, but I think the one that would have screened The Bible would have been the Westwood.

Saw the Bible at the Continental. Circa '66? One of those "coat and tie" evenings. Didn't get to wear my little suit often outside Sunday church.

I seem to remember that Continental didn't even allow refreshments inside the auditorium. That may or not be true, but I wasn't quite 10 and it's darn near 50 years later

[MikeOKC]

A theater south of 13th and May Ave? Do you mean north of 13th? The May was at 1515 North May. It was an antique mall up until fairly recently. It's now vacant. That was a great old theater. It was simply The May in its heyday and then "May Avenue Theater" as a dollar house in the 80's.

I found a picture on Flickr and here's the Cinema Treasures listing.

Wow, this is worth the edit, I found an old picture of The May theater in that CT thread - http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...intyre/may.jpg

[Prunepicker]

Saw the Bible at the Continental. Circa '66? One of those "coat and tie"
evenings. Didn't get to wear my little suit often outside Sunday church.

I seem to remember that Continental didn't even allow refreshments inside
the auditorium. That may or not be true, but I wasn't quite 10 and it's darn
near 50 years later

Hey, I saw the Bible during that time, too. We may have seen each other!
Who was your parole officer?

I'm not sure about when it first opened, but in the late 60's you could take
refreshments into the theater. The big thing was the "Intermission". Even
if the movie didn't have one built in, they'd stop the show for 15 minutes.
Theaters relied upon concession sales.

[Prunepicker]

A theater south of 13th and May Ave? Do you mean north of 13th? The May
was at 1515 North May. I

No. It's south of N.W. 13th and it's not the May Theater, which is at 1515
N. May. The building is still there and, like the May, it's an antique store.
You can throw a rock and hit it from Reed Park, which is on N.W. 13th and
N. May. You can't throw a rock from Reed Park and hit the May Theater.
The area where they had the seating and screen is still there and so are
the curtains.

Jack Hwang had his Tae Kwon Do school there in the 60's. He had "Judo"
written (vertically) where the name of the theater was. I'm surprised the
the older members of this thread don't remember where Hwang's was before
he moved. It's where everybody in the 60's said the took Judo and got a
brown belt. LOL!

The May Theater was still showing movies at that time.

[Prunepicker]

I'm going to do my best to go down there tomorrow and find out the details.
It's driving us crazy, especially since everyone thinks I'm talking about the
May Theater.

I'm teaching tomorrow and have some arrangements to finish but for sanity's
sake this trumps work!

I hope I remember the camera! I'm making a note right now!

[USG '60]

Prune, I can't figure out what the url is of my pictures so I can't put them up. There is a big ol' yellow sigh with red letters saying ANTIQUES over the finial but if you get to the south end of the building and look up at the sign you can see the old green, yellow-gold and red vitrolite. I used to be POed that it was always covered up until I saw it uncovered. The bottom portion was all gone and looked terrible. When there today, ask them if they know anything about the bldg's history.

[gen70]

I remember when Hwang's was in that little strip shopping center at N.W.10th @ May.

[Prunepicker]

I remember when Hwang's was in that little strip shopping center at N.W.10th
@ May.

Jack, who had a quadruple bypass in 2000, moved to N.W. 10th & N. May,
the south east corner where the Esquire Club had been, in the mid 70's.

[Prunepicker]

When there today, ask them if they know anything about the bldg's history.

Will do!

[Prunepicker]

Doug,
How do we upload photos and show them?

HELP!

[rocket-j-squirrel]

Still have not mastered the fine art of attributing quotes, but those talking about the theater on May that wasn't the May Theater...could it have been The Ritz? I vaguely remember it was a more seedy B movie house you could see across and down the street from the May.