Okla Theatre
115 W. Grand Avenue,
Frederick,
OK
73542
115 W. Grand Avenue,
Frederick,
OK
73542
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A photo of Frederick, Oklahoma’s Grand Avenue in the 1960s shows the Montgomery Ward catalog store, which occupied the Oklahoma Theatre’s old building, in the structure that is still standing today at 115 W. Grand Avenue. The building now houses an insurance company’s office.
The end…
Okla Theatre closed 20 Jan 1955, Thu The Frederick Press (Frederick, Oklahoma) Newspapers.com
Grand theatre opening:
Grand theatre opening 11 Oct 1926, Mon The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma) Newspapers.com
The Queen theatre opened on March 5th, 1915, reopened as Criterion on May 30th, 1924, reopened as the Grand theatre on October 11th, 1926, and closed or stopped its listings in 1937. On November 19th, 1945, the rebuilt Okla theatre opened and closed on January 16th, 1955, for conversion into retail space. Grand opening ads posted.
The Grand Theatre opened its doors on October 11, 1926 with Constance Talmadge in “The Duchess Of Buffalo” (unknown if extras added).
Following information comes courtesy of roadesideoklahome link;
“The Okla Theater cycled through two names, Criterion and Queen, before becoming the Grand Theater. The Grand Theater was sold in the 1940s to Volney Hamm and reopened under the name of Okla. The Okla Theater operated for approximately ten years before it was sold to Video Independent. Video Independent closed and dismantled the theater. A Montgomery Ward operated on the location for some time."
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/379
Vitnage photos of the interior / exterior for this cinema can be seen by typing in name “Frederick”,
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