Penn Theater
1212 N. Pennsylvania Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73107
1212 N. Pennsylvania Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73107
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This theatre opened on June 13th, 1940
Is this the old boarded up theater next to the Chinese restaurant
near Ten-Penn? The photo link above is broken.
If you look at the photo on Google maps, the theater is the white building next to the Flores thrift shop. I don’t know if that helps you out or not.
Thank you Ken. Yes, I thought so.
Wish I had been old enough to see movies
there growing up.
1985 photo of the Penn Theatre. Really sad looking.
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The theater, restaurant, and surrounding buildings are now junk stores. Here are some photos I took of the theater on 11/6/09:
Exterior:
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Lobby:
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Looking toward projection booth and front of theater:
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Recent pictures of the stripped down Penn (AKA-Trend) Theatre can be seen here,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/513
Seymour, thanks for the links to all the OK Theatres from the Roadside Oklahoma Site. The photos are really great.
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.
W.H. Schumacher, who created the Penn Theatre design, was also architect for the DeLuxe Theatre in Houston, TX. Too bad the interior has fallen into such bad shape. Those above photos can’t convey how pleasant the Penn interior once was.