May Theatre

1515 N. May Avenue,
Oklahoma City, OK 73107

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May Theater, Oklahoma City, OK  1994

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Built for Griffith Theatres, the May Theatre was open as early as 1941 from what I found. It was located on North May Avenue just east of NW 14th Street. Seating was provided for 950, all on a single floor.

The May Theatre closed in 1989.

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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 9, 2009 at 1:28 am

1985 night photo of the May Theatre.
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kpdennis
kpdennis on April 25, 2009 at 2:39 am

The May as an antique mall in 1994:
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lostmemory
lostmemory on May 2, 2009 at 7:11 pm

Here is another 1985 photo.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 18, 2010 at 9:00 pm

1946 photo of the May Theatre.
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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 7, 2010 at 7:43 pm

Photos of the May and three other Corgan-designed theaters appeared in Boxoffice of December 6, 1947. The other houses featured in the article are the Agnew, Oklahoma City; the Boomer, Norman; and the Plains, Rosswell, New Mexico.

seymourcox
seymourcox on July 17, 2010 at 3:12 pm

This site has vintage interior/exterior photos of the May Theatre. Modern shots show a now rundown May residing in a very run down neighborhood,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/527

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on July 16, 2011 at 10:22 am

Seymour, none of the Roadsdie Oklahoma links seem to be working. Did they redo the website or something?

KenLayton
KenLayton on July 16, 2011 at 6:21 pm

The Boxoffice magazine story from December 6, 1947:

http://www.boxofficemagazine.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue_id=1947-12-6&page_no=141#page_start

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on July 19, 2011 at 12:46 am

The Cinema Section of Roadside Oklahome is closed, they no longer have theatre photos according to the site. Go to their home page for further details.

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