Butler Theatre
Butler,
OK
73625
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Previous Names: Gem Theatre
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The Gem Theatre was opened on February 14, 1929 with Richard Dix in “Sporting Goods”. It was closed in 1933. It reopened on September 12, 1946 as the Butler Theatre, screening “Wanderer of the Wasteland” starring James Warren. It was still open in 1957.
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Not much left of the Butler business district. Don’t know if one of these few remaining buildings once housed a cinema.
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Ed,White launched the brand new $7,000 movie House, the Gem Theatre, on February 14, 1929 with Richard Dix in “Sporting Goods.” On May 1, 1929, the theater celebrated a second grand opening after installing Vitaphone to play sound films beginning with “The Canary Murder Case.” The operator appears to have left town taking the equipment. This left the theatre scheduling vaudeville and other live events in early 1930 before Reintroducing sound films on May 16, 1930. The theatre closed in 1933 and the Rialto in Hammon became the film destination for locals.
On Sept. 12,, 1946, the theater reopened under the moniker of the Butler Theatre with “Wanderer of the Wasteland.” It later,closed as television proved to be more popular.