MacArthur Park Cinemas

Oklahoma City, OK

2230 N. MacArthur Boulevard

, Oklahoma City, OK 73127 United States

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Status:	Closed
Screens:	Multiplex (4 Screen)
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Restaurant
Seats:	Unknown
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

The MacArthur Park was a four-screen early "multiplex" before that term came into parlance. Located on MacArthur Blvd at NW 23rd Street in Northwest OKC, across the street from the old Westwood Theater (now a church).

Opened in 1974, the theater showed first-run and low-budget first-run films. For example this is where I saw movies like "Legend of Boggy Creek", "Phantom of the Paradise", and "When A Stranger Calls". I have no idea who the architect was but it was part of a strip mall. Its best years were the 1970's and 1980's and then it fell into rapid decline.

In 2009, the building is a restaurant named OK Corral.

Contributed by David Savage

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My recollection is that the MacArthur Park 4 was the first multi-plex in OKC. I saw my first R-rated film there: "200 Motels" starring Frank Zappa. I distinctly recall hearing the movie playing in the next auditorium through the walls.

The building was converted at some point in the early 1990s into a night club.

One correction to the description above: the Westwood Theater is not demolished, but is currently, and has been for many years, a church.

posted by Kevin Dennis on Apr 22, 2009 at 12:53pm

Thanks for the correction, Kevin. I must have missed 200 Motels but I'll look for it in Netflix! --David Savage

posted by NeonSky on May 19, 2009 at 10:09am

This multiplex had the charm of a bus station. It had cement block walls, and this was the first OKC cinema not to have curtains over the screen. Instead of drapes, it flashed advertising slides during intermission. Seats were most uncomfortable, and there was always sound bleedover from other auditoriums.
I took a friend there once, and upon exiting the theatre he said (no matter what was showing) he never wanted to go there again. And he didn't!

posted by Miss Melba Toast on May 20, 2009 at 9:50am

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