Eastside Theatre
720 N. Bath Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73117
720 N. Bath Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73117
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The Eastside theatre opened on December 17th, 1947. Grand opening ad from the Black Dispatch posted.
A fine photo of the old Eastside Theater can be seen on this web page,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/550
Apparently the Eastside Theatre was purpose built to be a cinema, and not part of the old fair grounds. To see exactly what the structure looked like type in “Eastside Theater”; View link word “Eastside”;
Around 1913 the OKC Fair Grounds moved to NW 10th & May Ave, and the Eastside would have certainly been one of the left over theatre building. In this early 1900s color postcard view the Eastside Theatre and its large stagehouse can be clearly seen upper photo left background.
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CORRECTION; The RODEO Theatre is shown three blocks too far West of actual location. Also on the same block can be seen the old BLUE MOON Theatre structure.
Lauren: To locate surrounding street names go to the map feature located at the top of every theatre page.
But beware, some of the map indicators are a bit off the mark, usually pinpointing locations a little too far East. Example; Mayflower is shown too far East. Tower is off by half a block East. Plaza is off one block East. Rodeo is shown three blocks East of actual location. Redskin is one third block too far East, and so on and so forth.
Does anyone know which streets bounded the old fairgrounds?
Yes! Judging from the address and operation dates, I also think that the Eastside Theater probably was one of three theater buildings that were on the old OKC Fair Grounds. Dates for the Eastside have been reported from (aprox) 1903 to mid-1950s, but those years would also include fair ground years.
This is strictly a guess, but the EASTSIDE Theater may have been a leftover theater structure from the original location of OKC Fair Grounds.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1947 edition has being operated as a Nego theatre. By the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it was for regular audiences.