Movietone Theater
Alva,
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The Movietone was another incarnation of the old 1907 Alva Opera House, which underwent several name changes during its long run.
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Local theatre 101 historians claim this was a Warner Bros/Vitaphone disk sound house. Since the name was Movietone (NOT Viataphone) it obviousely would have had the Fox sound on film system.
1907 color picture postcard view…
http://okielegacy.org/images/newoperahouse.jpg
Contemporary shot…
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Alva theatre history…
http://tinyurl.com/qodym
The marquee in the historic photo says “Vitaphone” on left end and “Movietone” on the front. The house was obviously equipped for both of these competing systems, as was not unusual at the time. It’s probable that neither Vitaphone nor Movietone was actually the name of the theater. The name Liberty might have been on the rooftop, out of the camera’s range in this photo.
In any case, this theater already has a Cinema Treasures page under the name Liberty Theatre. The same photo of it here is identified as the Liberty Theatre.
1910 Alva Opera House murder details;
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