Circle Cinema
10 S. Lewis Avenue,
Tulsa,
OK
74104
10 S. Lewis Avenue,
Tulsa,
OK
74104
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Circle Cinema (Official)
Additional Info
Architects: William R. Chilton
Functions: Movies (Classic), Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)
Previous Names: Circle Theatre, New Circle Theatre, Cine Centro
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
918.585.3456
Manager:
918.585.3504
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News About This Theater
- Jul 13, 2013 — Circle Cinema celebrates 85 years
- Jul 15, 2008 — Circle Cinema turns 80
The Circle Theatre opened on July 15, 1928 with the movie “Across the Atlantic” starring Monte Blue. It was closed in the mid-1990’s
The Circle Theatre was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Also in 2003 it was acquired by the Circle Cinema Foundation, who also purchased two adjacent storefronts to the south of the theatre. Those renovated spaces now adjoin the original lobby space and house a gathering/reception area, a display of movie posters, and an art gallery for local artists to exhibit their work. In 2013, the main auditorium of the original theatre was renovated, and today the Circle Cinema boasts four screens.
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Recent comments (view all 33 comments)
Perhaps you’re right, Old Okie!
Here is a (not too recent) photo with complete history of this unique “Cinema Treasure” …
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Hi, I want to apologize for not finding earlier the link to the photo in Lamont that Lost Memory posted last summer. This is NOT the Meta. That was much older. This is the Rollier Theatre. Somewhat ironically, it was torn down about the very time you posted the photo. The decorations in the windows along the street were for the big combination celebration they had in 1993 — Watermelon Days, the 1893 Opening of the Cherokee Strip, and an all-school reunion. (3000 people showed up!)
All the way up to 1967 the Circle Theatre always included a newsreel on the program. Universal News were the last to be shown.
Note in the 1987 photo, when the Circle was a skin flick house, how carefully “parking in back” was worded. Perhaps some dumb patron would have mistaken “parkinng in rear” as a title for an X-rated film. On second thought, that probably was a real porno title.
Did the Rollier & Meta Theatre’s mentioned above as owned by old okie’s parents, ever get added to CT?
I couldn’t find either listed even in a previous names or city search. Just curious.
Is the name of this theater reduntant
Here is an article about the Circle’s addition of an additional screen; they also plan to add a third.
Upload of night time pic of Circle featuring an exhibit in Glass…“Keep on Truckin”
Now open with 3 screens and a pipe organ! Wonderful venue.
Began its porn period phase (“Under New Management”) on Friday, July 7, 1978, with THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN and BABARA BROADCAST after several weeks of being closed. (Tulsa World)
Went to the Circle many times. The last time to see “Wait Until Dark” with Janet Hopkins. There used to be a barbershop next door(N) and that’s where I got my very first haircut.