Ritz Theater
527 Barnes,
Alva,
OK
527 Barnes,
Alva,
OK
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Owned by Jones Amusement Company.
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Lauren Grubb
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Listed as operating in Film Daily Yearbooks 1941-1950 editions that I have. The seating capacity was 400.
Built in 1933 by Homer Jones. Opening day was November 19, 1933.
This building was involved in a downtown fire on May 22, 2004. Pictures can be seen at: View link .
Sorry for the off topic nature of this post, but for some reason I’ve been getting notices regarding this theater and not only have I not subscribed to this particular thread, but until now I’ve never posted here. How is this possible? Methinks there are Ubangi’s in the fuel supply!
Alva once had both large and small theaters surrounding the town square, click here to see pictures of all five;
http://community.webshots.com/album/37080327UvSytP
and history of Alva’s 1907 New Opera House, click;
View link
Check out an outstanding antique postcard view of the Fort Supply Opera House. Go to Archives page, then enter Fort Supply Opera House,
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/star/public.html
Destroyed by fire and demolished in 2004.
Header should read Closed//Demolished
Need to update the header to closed/demolished.