Metro Theater

115 W. Main Street,
Purcell, OK 73080

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robboehm
robboehm on August 7, 2021 at 3:47 pm

The Metro was a reverse theatre. When you entered your back was to the screen.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on August 7, 2021 at 11:56 am

Levi and W.D. Metcalf converted the retail Ambrister Building (aka George Schwartz Building) at 115 West Main Street in downtown Purcell to the Metro Theatre in 1935. The 300-seat theater was a discount house run in conjunction with Metcalf’s Ritz to blunt the competition from Pearl Dooley’s Dooley Theatre. The Metro opened on August 23, 1935 with Buzz Barton in “Saddle Aces” supported by the Clyde Beatty serial, “The Lost Jungle” and a comedy short.

The Metcalfs would buy out the Dooley Theatre converting it to the McClain Theatre opening it on December 13, 1940. The Metro was closed the night before on December 12, 1940 with Sidney Toler in “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.” The building was converted to Cobb’s Grocery Store.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on December 27, 2005 at 6:42 am

Listed as open in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with a seating capacity of 300. By the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as 300 seats(Closed) and has gone from the listings in 1950.