Warner Theatre

213 W. Sheridan Avenue,
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

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xxx on October 22, 2005 at 10:06 am

Vintage post card views of the Overholser Opera House can be seen here on the downtown album. This is the original facade, before John Eberson’s beautiful Adamesque remodel job;
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xxx
xxx on September 28, 2005 at 3:38 am

When the Overholser opened in 1903 it had three shallow balconies, and four tiers of box seats, with a total seating capacity of 2400. John Eberson’s 1920 Adamesque remodel for Kieth Albee replaced the three balconies with one long, steeply sloped, cantilever balcony which reduced seating to 2200. Warner Brothers gained control in 1928 and installed new, wider chairs, and expanded leg room between seats, which caused a reduction of 200 chairs. Cinerama installation resulted in an even further reduced capacity.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on August 7, 2005 at 4:32 am

The Warner played three strip Cinerama from 10/21/56 thru 9/3/57. In 1950 Cinerama moved to the Cooper Cinerama Theatre. The Warner had a balcony with side boxes that were lost (side boxes) in the conversion to Cinerama.
A photo fo the screen construction for Cinerama can be located here.
http://cinerama.topcities.com/warnerok.htm

xxx
xxx on August 7, 2005 at 2:51 am

Opened in 1903 as OVERHOLSER OPERA HOUSE, this was a big time stage show playhouse.
Keith-Albee took over in 1921, comissioned John Eberson to produce a complete Adamesque renovation. Renamed ORPHEUM, it began presenting Interstate Vaudeville acts.
When Warner Bros. gained control in 1928 they gave the interior and marquee a spruce up, changed the name to WARNER and tranformed it into a combo film/stage show venue. 1952 saw another modernization when it began new life as WARNER’S CINERAMA.
Razed 1964.