Movies 1 & 2
700 City Avenue,
Moore,
OK
73160
700 City Avenue,
Moore,
OK
73160
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Opened in 1971 The Movies I & II Cinemas were installed inside existing retail space along a strip shopping center.
During this period all theatres in The Movies Franchise Cinemas operation were decorated to resemble old time nickelodeons with bright red shag carpeting, scarlet flocked/gold foiled wallpaper, crimson carnival glass light fixtures, gilt framed vintage movie posters, and antique magic latern displays.
Original manager of this twin cinema was a young gentleman named Williams. Mr. Williams gained management experience at Frontier City Amusement Park where his father had owned several shops and rides.
Jerry Lewis Cinemas and The Movies Franchise Cinemas began operation around the same time, and were amoung the first franchised cinema circuits. CEO of The Movies Franchise was J. Cooper Burke who was the very first “Marlboro Man”, of cigarette advertising fame.
The Movies Franchise opened their first theatre in 1969 in Altus, OK. Altus Movies 1 & 2 were built inside existing retail space at an established shopping center. Each auditorium held 200 seats, auditorium 1 had been an H & S Green Stamp Redemption Store, and auditorium 2 was a former billiard supply store and pool hall.
As written above, this twin cinema was designed to look like an old fashioned nickelodeon with a decor as described above.
It looks like a new multiplex is being built in Moore. Opening date is unknown:
http://tinyurl.com/33f3te
The theatre mentioned in the comment on 1/12/08 was the Warren Theatre Moore. It is a multiplex operated by Warren Theatres opened in the summer of 2008.
Salina, KS, Sunset Cinemas (nee- The Movies 1&2) used the exact same blueprints as the Moore, OK, The Moive 1 & 2;
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/915.html
This site shows the shopping center in which the now long gone Movies 1 & 2 once resided,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/453
Nice liitle twin,Too bad we can’t go back to this type of moviegoing.
The Movies 1 and 2 sat in the middle of this now vacant shopping strip. The manager’s name was Mr. Williams, whose father once owned controlling interest in Frontier City Amusement Park, including the Frontier City Cinema.
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The building that housed the theater is still there and in use, now as One Church. Before that, it was a laser tag venue. The former occupants had knocked out the wall between the two theaters, making one large room. This made it perfect when the church moved in, as the floor was sloped, and a stage was constructed. The church auditorium uses theater type seating, so save for the fact that it is now one large room versus two, it probably looks very much like it did in the theater days. The lobby has been restored as a foyer for the church, but the information counter sits where the old snack bar would have been. Behind the counter is a door leading to the old projection room, where the openings for the projectors can still be seen.
I’ve been told that the old theater sign is on the room still, only lying flat so as to not be visible. I haven’t had a chance to go up there and verify, but hope to in the future.
Thanks ryan,guess you need to join the church to see it, great update.