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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oklahoma » Enid » Gaslight Theatre
Also known as Billings Theatre, Criterion Theatre, Chief Theatre, Cinema Twin

Gaslight Theatre

Enid, OK
221 N. Independence Street
, Enid, OK 73701 United States
(map)
580.234.2307
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Italian Renaissance
Function: Concerts
Seats: 250
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Carl Boller, Robert O. Boller
Firm: Boller Brothers
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Opened in 1924 as the Billings Theatre. It was later renamed Criterion Theatre, then Chief Theatre and finally in the 1980's the Cinema Twin.

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The Film Daily Yearbook's give varying seating capacity in different editions; 1941=400, 1943=600 and in 1950=726.
posted by KenRoe on Jul 24, 2005 at 9:06am
Originally called Billings Theatre, this movie house was also known as Criterion, Chief, Cinema Twin, and Gaslight. Go into this link for a vintage picture;
http://www.gaslighttheatre.org/history.html
posted by ___ on Jul 8, 2006 at 4:43pm
Nice find! Would the Chief theater be the same as the Criterion theater listed here:

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/12849/

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 8, 2006 at 5:08pm
Yes, it would be one and the same.
posted by ___ on Jul 8, 2006 at 6:22pm
A Wurlitzer organ Opus #759 was installed in this theatre on 12/31/1923.
posted by KenRoe on Jul 9, 2006 at 12:54am
Here is a recent photo of the Gaslight Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 13, 2007 at 8:47am
Originally known as the Billings Theatre, see a sharp 1940 exterior photo of this Italian Renaissance style cinema when it was known as Chief type in word 'theatre', then go search . . .
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Seymour Cox on Oct 7, 2007 at 9:34pm
A Nice looking theatre with a LONG History! I have 2 photos on flickr.com if interested. The direct link is:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Gaslight%20theatre&w=99859572%40N00

Enjoy!
Randy A. Carlisle
Historical Photographer
"Preserving AMERICAs History Thru Photography"
posted by Randy A. Carlisle on Nov 10, 2007 at 12:50pm
A view of the Gaslight when it was the Cinema 1 & 2 from 1987.
posted by Don Lewis on Jan 1, 2009 at 5:07pm
1983 photo of the Cinema Twin.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c36%2c3%2c-1&ProductID=32499
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 8, 2009 at 9:33pm
This site has a 1951 photo of the Chief Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 7, 2009 at 5:15am
Talk about Hollywood giving a film a politically incorrect title.
That photo was obviously snapped on a cold, snowy day, yet kids still rode their bike to see a movie.
posted by Seymour Cox on Aug 7, 2009 at 8:39am
This website has a circa 1940 photo of the Chief Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 21, 2009 at 10:51am
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