Not a member yet? Register now.

Search

Theaters News Links

Advanced search
 

Theater Guide

Now listing 28,003 theaters & 1,598 photos… more
Browse by...
• Architect
• Chain
• Firm
• Function
• Location
• Newest
• Photo
• Screens
• Seats
• Status
• Style
• Updated
• VR
 

Add Your Cinema Treasure!

Add Theater
Add Photo (offline)
Add Theater News
 

Newest Theaters

Mar 16 Tower Place 6
Mar 16 Colonial Theatre
Mar 16 Mid-Town Theater
Mar 16 Nickel Theater
Mar 16 Walker Cinemas 4
Mar 15 Cobram Drive-In
Mar 15 Melba Twin Cinema
Mar 15 Greater Union…
Mar 15 Fox Theatre
Mar 14 Dixie Theater
more new theaters
 

Recent Comments

Mar 17 Lans Theatre (14)
Mar 17 ImaginAsian… (66)
Mar 17 Midway Drive-In (2)
Mar 17 Carrollton… (4)
Mar 17 Art Theatre (15)
Mar 17 Loew's Crescent… (53)
Mar 17 Cleve Theater (14)
Mar 17 Redondo Beach… (32)
Mar 17 Martin Drive-In (2)
Mar 17 Palace Theater (34)
 

Updated Theaters

Mar 17 Warner Theatre
Mar 17 Imperial Cinema
Mar 17 UA Times Square…
Mar 17 Isis Theatre
Mar 17 Sunbeam Theatre
Mar 17 AMC Pacific Place…
Mar 17 Ski Time 2 Cinemas
Mar 17 AMC Mansell…
Mar 17 North Point Market
Mar 17 American Theatre
more updated theaters
 
 
   Discover. Preserve. Protect.
Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oklahoma » Norman » Cinema East Theater

Cinema East Theater

Norman, OK
SW corner of Alameda & East 12th Street
, Norman, OK, United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Larry Blackledge
Firm: Unknown
Add a photo for this theater!
The Cinema East was a stand-alone concrete box that neighbored the Rancho Drive-In. It was opened in 1968. It had a pretty good sized screen. I remember it being larger than the Boomer and Sooner Theaters.

The Cinema East's screen seemed bigger than the Hollywood's, but the Hollywood had more seating. The Cinema East was demolished in 1984.
Contributed by Robert McDonald

YOUR COMMENTS

 
The Cinema East was built by Video Independent Theatres of Oklahoma City, OK. on property adjacent to the Rancho Drive-In Theatre. Larry Blackledge was the architect. The theatre was designed with the intention of adding a second indoor screen making the indoor twin and the drive-in a triple theatre complex. The plan was never completed. The theatre had continental seating (single section), wide spacing and rocking chair seats.
posted by Ronny Jones on Jan 29, 2006 at 5:59pm
Architect Larry Blackledge was son of the CEO for Video Independent Theatres.
Video Independent Theatres were actually a division of RKO Theatres in a round about way; General Tire ownded RKO Film Vault, RKO Film Vault controlled RKO Theatres, RKO Theatres owned Musac Corp (the elevator music people), and Musac controlled Video Independent Theatres. All these divisions were designed to obtain tax breaks and to avoid paying minimum wage.
The Cinema East and Rancho Drive-In were both razed in the early 1980s.
posted by ___ on Feb 6, 2006 at 11:38am
The Cinema East was designed to be a twin cinema, but the second auditorium was never built.
To see 1968 grand opening views & 1984 demolition photos of the Cinema East, go to below site, enter words "cinea east", then hit search. . .
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Seymour Cox on Aug 2, 2007 at 8:48pm
Comment
*

Notify me when someone replies to my comment?
Note: Please read our comment policy before posting. Comments which are off-topic, obscene, spam, or personal attacks will be removed. Help us keep the discussion productive!