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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oklahoma » Alva » Movietone Theater
Also known as New Opera House, Alva Opera House

Movietone Theater

Alva, OK
Alva, OK, United States
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Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Boller Brothers
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The Movietone was another incarnation of the old 1907 Alva Opera House, which underwent several name changes during its long run.
To see a vintage image of the Movietone click below, type in word "theatre", then hit enter -
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Jeff Chapman on Jun 8, 2007 at 6:40pm
Local theatre 101 historians claim this was a Warner Bros/Vitaphone disk sound house. Since the name was Movietone (NOT Viataphone) it obviousely would have had the Fox sound on film system.
1907 color picture postcard view. . .
http://okielegacy.org/images/newoperahouse.jpg
Contemporary shot. . .
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1037081353029691475ndvNnd#commentForm
Alva theatre history. . .
http://tinyurl.com/qodym
posted by Seymour Cox on Jul 22, 2007 at 12:30pm
The marquee in the historic photo says "Vitaphone" on left end and "Movietone" on the front. The house was obviously equipped for both of these competing systems, as was not unusual at the time. It's probable that neither Vitaphone nor Movietone was actually the name of the theater. The name Liberty might have been on the rooftop, out of the camera's range in this photo.

In any case, this theater already has a Cinema Treasures page under the name Liberty Theatre. The same photo of it here is identified as the Liberty Theatre.

posted by Joe Vogel on May 28, 2009 at 7:25pm
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