Paramount Theatre
117 E. Broadway Street,
Cushing,
OK
74023
117 E. Broadway Street,
Cushing,
OK
74023
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company
Architects: Gates Corrigan
Functions: Retail
Styles: Art Deco
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The Paramount Theatre was opened on August 5, 1931 with Robert Montgomery in “The Man in Possession”. During the mid-1960’s I saw a 1940’s photo of Cushing’s Paramount Theatre. It’s Art Deco style marquee and attraction poster boards were so massive they covered over the entire theatre facade. It was closed in 1947.
The building was gutted internally and converted into a hardware store.
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At some point in time Paramount must have given their theatre an Art-Deco facelift. Above 1936 photos exhibit the original Spanish Colonial look. Type in word “paramount”,
OR….brouse these pages to view recent color snapshots of the former Paramount Theatre.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/316
Cushing’s second Paramount Theatre replaced an earlier Paramount (aka Rialto and Columbia) theater that burned down on April 20, 1931 also at 109 East Broadway. Griffith Amusement replaced the facility with a new Paramount designed by its architect Gates Corrigan. The new Paramount launched with “The Man in Possession” on August 5, 1931. The Paramount went out of business in 1947. It was completely gutted and became a Western Auto hardware store. The building still stands unrecognizable as a former movie house except at its roof line. (Technically, it wasn’t a Paramount theatre and was a Griffith Amusement venue.)
Grand opening ad posted.