State Theater

Altus, OK 73521

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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen on April 30, 2011 at 6:15 pm

Open ~1941-~1969? Can anyone verify the exact dates?

Owned 1950-1969 Video Independent Theatres, Inc., of Oklahoma City, K.C. Blackledge, President, they had over 120 theaters in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 10, 2011 at 2:28 am

The State Theatre was closed for a time in the early 1950s. As reported in Boxoffice of March 20, 1954, the State was reopened as a first run house by Video Independent Theatres following the destruction by fire of the circuit’s Delta Theatre on March 14.

I haven’t found the State mentioned in any later Boxoffice items, so I don’t know how long its reprieve lasted. I’ve found no evidence that the Delta was ever rebuilt, either.