Erie Theatre

117 W. Jackson Street,
Hugo, OK 74743

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Kewpie
Kewpie on May 28, 2012 at 11:01 pm

In the 1955 Grant High Eagle Yearbook appeared a display ad featuring the Erie, Dixie, and Circus City Drive-In theatres.

missmelbatoast
missmelbatoast on April 3, 2011 at 1:57 pm

Shame on them for covering that original Craftsman exterior with a crappy false front
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/406

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 7, 2009 at 10:49 pm

The 1924 map of downtown Hugo to which Okie Medley linked above has been moved Here. You can also fetch any of the other photos in dead rootsweb links by changing the domain in their url from rootsweb.com to okgenweb.org.

lostmemory
lostmemory on July 6, 2009 at 9:22 am

This was the Mac in 1987.

seymourcox
seymourcox on August 26, 2007 at 9:21 pm

Sharp period photos of the Erie exterior and interior leave no dought as to what this theatre looked like before and after the remodel job. To see images type in word “erie” …
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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 5, 2007 at 6:58 pm

Here are proceedings against one William Weaver, who allegedly torched the Erie in May 1933:
http://tinyurl.com/2atbtv

Okie
Okie on July 15, 2006 at 4:02 pm

This 1924 downtown map shows the location of two Hugo early day movie houses, lot 117-Erie Theatre, and lot 110-Ritz Theatre
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Okie
Okie on July 15, 2006 at 9:48 am

This link will take you to a 1938 photo of Hugo’s Erie Theatre;
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and here are images of Hugo’s Dixie Theatre -
sidewalk view
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facade view
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William
William on June 1, 2006 at 8:40 am

For more info look at the Mac Theatre.

xxx
xxx on May 29, 2006 at 11:00 am

Still winter quarters to Carson-Barnes Circus, Hugo was once the off season respite for fifteen different cirus units. Take a look at this link to learn about Showmen’s Rest Reprieve;
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Lindy
Lindy on February 1, 2006 at 6:55 pm

The open dates I previously listed were a little inaccurate. The Erie actually opened in 1919 and closed the first time in 1965. During most of those years it was owned by the Griffith Amusement Co., later known as Griffith Consolidated Theatres and also Video Independent Theatres. The dates listed on the Erie’s second incarnation, 1969-1982, are correct.