MacArthur Park Cinemas
2230 N. MacArthur Boulevard,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73127
2230 N. MacArthur Boulevard,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73127
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The MacArthur Park was a four-screen early "multiplex" before that term came into parlance. Located on MacArthur Blvd at NW 23rd Street in Northwest OKC, across the street from the old Westwood Theater (now a church).
Opened in 1974, the theater showed first-run and low-budget first-run films. For example this is where I saw movies like “Legend of Boggy Creek”, “Phantom of the Paradise”, and “When A Stranger Calls”. I have no idea who the architect was but it was part of a strip mall. Its best years were the 1970’s and 1980’s and then it fell into rapid decline.
In 2009, the building is a restaurant named OK Corral.
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David Savage
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My recollection is that the MacArthur Park 4 was the first multi-plex in OKC. I saw my first R-rated film there: “200 Motels” starring Frank Zappa. I distinctly recall hearing the movie playing in the next auditorium through the walls.
The building was converted at some point in the early 1990s into a night club.
One correction to the description above: the Westwood Theater is not demolished, but is currently, and has been for many years, a church.
Thanks for the correction, Kevin. I must have missed 200 Motels but I’ll look for it in Netflix! —David Savage
This multiplex had the charm of a bus station. It had cement block walls, and this was the first OKC cinema not to have curtains over the screen. Instead of drapes, it flashed advertising slides during intermission. Seats were most uncomfortable, and there was always sound bleedover from other auditoriums.
I took a friend there once, and upon exiting the theatre he said (no matter what was showing) he never wanted to go there again. And he didn’t!
Shown here are recent pix of the former MacArthur Park Cinema 4.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/804
We played the trailer to “BOGGY CREEK” a G rated movie and a parent complained it was too scary!
MacArthur Park Cinema today
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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.