Globe Theater
East Main Street and Washington Street,
Ardmore,
OK
73401
East Main Street and Washington Street,
Ardmore,
OK
73401
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The Globe Theater was in operation as of the 1930’s and primarily showed westerns at that time. It was located on East Main Street by Pioneer Hardware and was owned by Hershel Gilliam and Bernice Veal.
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As of a few years ago, the Globe was a furniture store.
The Globe Theater is listed in 1955 with 700 seats.
The January 20, 1958, issue of Boxoffice ran an item mentioning the Globe: “Herschel Gilliam, better known as ‘Wild Bill,’ was in the exchange area here and said that he finally had to install CinemaScope equipment in his Globe Theatre at Ardmore. Gilliam is very optimistic about the future of motion picture theatres, especially in Ardmore. Theatres there are helped a lot by patronage from the Air Force base a few miles from town.”
Perhaps Wild Bill was over-optimistic. The Oklahoma City news column in the June 1, 1959, issue of Boxoffice mentions among visitors to film row “…Herschel ‘Wild Bill” Gilliam, Globe Theatre, Ardmore, who will close about June 1.“ The item doesn’t specify if this was a temporary closing or a permanent closing, but I’ve found no items about the Globe in later issues of Boxoffice.
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