Will Rogers Theatre
4322 N. Western Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73118
4322 N. Western Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73118
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The Will Rogers Theater was a handsome theater designed by architect Jack Corgan for Griffith Theatres in 1946. It was a dog-leg plan with the smallish lobby opening into a standee area and the auditorium on the right. The lobby featured an oil-on-linen mural by J. Craig Sheppard depicting scenes from Will Roger’s life. The auditorium had a fairly low ceiling of horizontally curved neon coves. There was a tiny stage.
Above the standee area were the projection booth, a cry room and two tiny offices. There was no balcony.
Architecturally, the theatre’s most impressive feature was its concrete, metal and neon vertical sign and curved/triangle marquee.
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Will Dunklin
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Some shots taken in 1995.
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Here is another photo from 1985.
This is a 2009 photo.
This 1947 photo comes courtesy of LIFE. Though listed as being in Clarmore, it is actually the OKC Will Rogers Theater.
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The web site for the Will Rogers has expired.
Here it is Chuck.
Thanks LM, maybe Ken will put the new web site in the header. Boy the food sure looks good in the photos.
The Will Rogers was part of an article in Boxoffice back in March 1947:
http://tinyurl.com/yd9f7ug
This site has fine vintage and modern photos of the Will Rogers Theatre,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/484
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.