State Theater

Town Square,
Altus, OK 73521

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rivest266
rivest266 on September 20, 2025 at 1:58 pm

1940 and 1946 grand opening ads posted.

State theatre (II) openingState theatre (II) opening 02 Jun 1946, Sun The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Oklahoma) Newspapers.com

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on January 26, 2025 at 7:01 pm

Actually, the State Theater opened its doors on August 7, 1940 with Jackie Cooper in “Streets Of New York” along with an unnamed Three Stooges and an unnamed cartoon. The State Theatre was relocated in 1946, reopening on June 2 of that same year.

rivest266
rivest266 on March 22, 2014 at 12:28 pm

According to the Times-Democract it opened in December 1941.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on April 30, 2011 at 6:15 pm

Open ~1941-~1969? Can anyone verify the exact dates?

Owned 1950-1969 Video Independent Theatres, Inc., of Oklahoma City, K.C. Blackledge, President, they had over 120 theaters in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Need an address or crossroads, more info and photos.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 10, 2011 at 2:28 am

The State Theatre was closed for a time in the early 1950s. As reported in Boxoffice of March 20, 1954, the State was reopened as a first run house by Video Independent Theatres following the destruction by fire of the circuit’s Delta Theatre on March 14.

I haven’t found the State mentioned in any later Boxoffice items, so I don’t know how long its reprieve lasted. I’ve found no evidence that the Delta was ever rebuilt, either.