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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oklahoma » Enid » Mecca Theater

Mecca Theater

Enid, OK
Enid, OK, United States
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Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 534
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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This was an African-American theater.
Contributed by Lauren Grubb

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Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook's 1941 and 1943 editions, it has a seating capacity of 500.

From 1949-1955 it is listed as being a Negro theatre, seating given in 1950 is 534.
posted by KenRoe on Jul 24, 2005 at 9:15am
To see an vintage postcard view of Enid's Loewen Theatre, go to Archive page, then enter the word Loewen.
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/star/public.html
posted by Seymour Cox on Jan 21, 2007 at 11:10am
View 1940 interior/exterior photos of this commercial style cinema by typing in word "Mecca" -
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Miss Melba Toast on Oct 7, 2007 at 10:07pm
Here is a 1950 view of the Loewen Hotel & Theatre after name changed to Oxford. By the time this photo was snapped the theatre (photo) right had obviously closed -
http://cgi.ebay.com/1950-OXFORD-HOTEL-ENID-OKLAHOMA-VINTAGE-POSTCARD_W0QQitemZ180159462519QQihZ008QQcategoryZ20230QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
posted by Miss Melba Toast on Oct 12, 2007 at 8:35pm
Don't think it was always a black theater. The book America Goes to the Movies has a picture of the Mecca showing The Story of Alexander Graham Bell starring Don Ameche. A 1939 film.
posted by SiliconSam on Oct 18, 2009 at 10:57am
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