Busby Theater
Washington Avenue and Second Street,
McAlester,
OK
74501
Washington Avenue and Second Street,
McAlester,
OK
74501
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The Busby Theater was designed in 1908 by local architects Parr & Parr. It supposedly featured an interior with a Beaux-Arts/Art Nouveau design that was an imitation of the St. Louis American Theater.
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Inspection of this vintage snapshot indicates a wall poster advertising a movie “Queen of the Sea”, featuring Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman, 1918. If so, then the Busby
Theatre most certainly did persent film entertainment …
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The Busby is one of three theaters listed for McAlester in the 1925 Film Daily Yearbook. The other two were the Rialto and the McAlester theater. I guess the Busby did show movies.
A photo of the former Busby Hotel where many famed vaudeville folk once slept (Building was converted long ago into Pittsburg County Courthouse).
The Busby Theatre sat directly behind the hotel.
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Animal acts had to stay at the Aldridge Hotel because there were holding cages located in the vast basement.
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Here is a 1907 postcard view of the Busby Hotel. The horsedrawn bus was a free shuttle between the hotel and train depots. The theatre had not yet been built.
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And what is the SKYVIEW playing for the JULY 4th weekeend? a striple feature with SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL P.T.109 and the third feature is PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND. now that is one mixed up triple feature.
How did that 10/17/09 Skyline comment post under my name?
1908 picture shows McAlester’s first Public Library surrounded by Busby Theatre billboards –
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1910 picture of Busby Theatre –
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1924 picture of Busby Hotel fire (built 1905, burned 1924, converted into courthouse 1925) –
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1955 picture of Pittsburg County Court House with Busby Theatre seen in background –
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1970 picture of Busby Theatre after conversion into a church –
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The Aldridge Hotel also billed itself as fireproof?
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During the brief period when the Busby Theatre staged burlesques shows this was the type routine that strip queens performed.
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Busby Theatre & Opwera House
204 E. Washington Ave.
McAlester, Ok. 74501
I assume Seymour Cox was writing about the Skyview Drive-in, In Augusta,Ga. Don’t understand why it is was posted here.