May Theatre
1515 N. May Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73107
1515 N. May Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73107
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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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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.
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
Seymour, none of the Roadsdie Oklahoma links seem to be working. Did they redo the website or something?
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
story
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.
Just for the record, the May theatre had been purchased by George Shanbour (former owner, Tower theatre, and Winchester DI).
The twinning and rehabbing of the theatre was completed by George Onyschczak, who was the projectionist at the Winchester until his death. The current projectionist as of 2012, is Jon Johns, George’s son.
In May 2012, the theatre appeared to be in use as a church — my photo
I saw THE WARRIORS there in ‘79 in its run-down heyday.
saw the Graduate there