Delman Theater

2335 E. 15th Street,
Tulsa, OK 74104

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Previously operated by: Loew's Inc.

Architects: W. Scott Dunne

Styles: Streamline Moderne

Previous Names: Loew's Delman Theater, Apollo Delman

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Delman Theater, Tulsa, OK

This theater, designed by W. Scott Dunne, was opened on March 17, 1938 with Irene Dunne in “The Awful Truth”. The theater’s Streamline Moderne design consisted of a white stucco exterior. A large sign resting on top of the building spelled out “Delman” in bright neon letters. The building included the Delman Shop. The theater’s Streamline interior included a curved metal railing and stepped banister which led up to a large balcony. Its interior walls also consisted of white stucco. Following closure as a movie theatre it reopened as a live music venue named Apollo Delman in 1979. It closed in 1980. The building stood vacant until it was demolished in 1989.

Contributed by Howard Karsh

Recent comments (view all 15 comments)

seymourcox
seymourcox on August 30, 2007 at 1:58 am

A rare lobby shot can be seen by typing word “delman”,
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seymourcox
seymourcox on November 22, 2007 at 5:57 am

In this 1979 color slide the Apollo Delman was looking a bit shopworn …
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Don Lewis
Don Lewis on March 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm

A 1987 photo of the Delman Theater in Tulsa. It must have been a grand theater at one time.

missmelbatoast
missmelbatoast on November 19, 2008 at 6:06 pm

Why does it keep getting repeated that the Delman Theatre had the largest seating capacity in Tulsa? I think this rumor started with Tulsa Historical Society. At 1186 seats it obviously wasn’t a large theatre at all, much less Tulsa’s largest.
“The Old Lady on Brady” has the largest seating capacity. Next was the Ritz Theatre with just under 2000 seats.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on June 13, 2010 at 8:33 pm

A.K.A. LOEWS DELMAN.

JimReid
JimReid on June 22, 2011 at 10:44 pm

The Tulsa Delman was one of a series of Delman theaters built by Isadore Adelman. The others were in Houston, Dallas & Fort Worth. The Delman and the Brook were leased by Loews for a couple of decades.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on June 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm

Thanks for the info Jim.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on December 7, 2022 at 3:55 pm

The venue became the short-lived Appollo Delman live events center that presented live rock and country concerts beginning in 1979. It closed in debt a year later in 1980. Hank Williams Jr., who played there in 1980, said that the acoustics were so great that he had considered recording an album there. The venue remained vacant until demolition in 1989.

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