As a teenager I actually worked as a doorman at the OKC Continental in 1968. I recall when I started we were showing Doctor Dolittle, which we ran for what seemed an eternity because of the nature of the contract. Many nights there were as few as 3 people in the theatre.
Later films during my tenure were War & Peace, Ice Station Zebra and one of my favorite films of all time, Mel Brooks “The Producers”, which our manager at the time actually created the marque artwork for.
I remember that we only sold Coke and Tobler chocolates which you could not take into the theatre. That ruling relaxed when we began having some soft ticket shows and at one point we even added popcorn. Some of the chocolates were returned by patrons because they were so old that the dark chocolate had turned white.
It was a beautiful theatre and not a bad seat in the house.
My favorite seats were Row F Seats 17 & 18, just far enough away so that the screen, which was constructed from perforated strips that occasionally needed to be adjusted due to the airflow through the screen, ‘surrounded’ you. What a great experience!
As a teenager I actually worked as a doorman at the OKC Continental in 1968. I recall when I started we were showing Doctor Dolittle, which we ran for what seemed an eternity because of the nature of the contract. Many nights there were as few as 3 people in the theatre.
Later films during my tenure were War & Peace, Ice Station Zebra and one of my favorite films of all time, Mel Brooks “The Producers”, which our manager at the time actually created the marque artwork for.
I remember that we only sold Coke and Tobler chocolates which you could not take into the theatre. That ruling relaxed when we began having some soft ticket shows and at one point we even added popcorn. Some of the chocolates were returned by patrons because they were so old that the dark chocolate had turned white.
It was a beautiful theatre and not a bad seat in the house.
My favorite seats were Row F Seats 17 & 18, just far enough away so that the screen, which was constructed from perforated strips that occasionally needed to be adjusted due to the airflow through the screen, ‘surrounded’ you. What a great experience!