Video Triple Theater

Not true. The theatre opened as a triple by Video Independent Theatres of Oklahoma City. (I was there opening night). There were two auditoriums on the main floor and a third screen upstairs. Larry Blackledge and Associates of Oklahoma City was the architect.

After Griffith Theatres were bought out by General Tire & Rubber it was renamed Video Independent Theatres and was a (roundabout) division of RKO Theatres. This corporate structure was set up for tax breaks, and to avoid paying minimum wage. General Tire owned RKO Film Vaults, RKO Film controlled RKO Theatres, RKO Theatres owned Musac Corporation (the elevator music people), and Musac controlled Video Independent.
Architect Larry Blackledge was son of the CEO to Video Independent Theatres.
Mr Jones is correct, this was always a triple screen cinema.

This Nov 102, 1980, picture tell its own story. Type in words "video three theatre" to see image -
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web

I will post what I know. I am the Grandson to Thomas Griffing. He and his brother owned Video Independent Theatres (VIT) They had built and operated over 100 Theatres. They also owned Vumore that was under VIT's control. This is all before RKO came into the picture. Vumore was a cable company and attempted to run the first pay per view in Bartlesdale Ok. over cable for first run movies. Henry his wife and 2 grown kids died in a plane crash in 1961 flying from NY to Oklahoma. After this Thomas sold Vumore to RKO as they were getting into the cable industry. The name actually changed from Vumore to Cablecom in the late 60's early 70's. My Grandfather died in the early 70's but my uncle James continued to operate theaters for many years. If you search Vumore or Henry/Tom Griffing alot of information comes up on theaters. Tom also owned Griffing Theaters and Griffing Construction which built theaters. Thanks

Attention acomms. Hello and Happy Holidays! I researched VIT for a university course a couple years ago and was not able to find very many primary resources. I finished the paper (made a B+) and went on to complete a degree, but I want to write more on the subject and would like to get in touch with you. Please contact me here or at chrisam@hawaii.edu

Looks like it was demolished for a Kmart.

This is a November 1972 ad from the Lawton Constitution. They only mention two screens.
http://tinyurl.com/rbg495

Here is a June 1975 ad from the same source. It was still a twin then.
http://tinyurl.com/o6ky6f

It was a twin when in the planning stage, according to an article in Boxoffice Magazine, May 24, 1971. The lower auditorium was to have 800 seats and the upper 300 seats.

The February 21, 1972, Boxoffice said that construction was underway on the Video 1 and Video 2, twin indoor theaters in Lawton, and the new house was expected to be opened by late June.

Another Boxoffice item, from March 11, 1974, doesn't mention this theater by name, but says that Video Independent had acquired the Showcase Cinema I & II in Lawton, giving them two twin operations in that town.