Dixie Theatre
120 N. Greenwood Avenue,
Tulsa,
OK
74120
120 N. Greenwood Avenue,
Tulsa,
OK
74120
1 person favorited this theater
Showing 6 comments
Three copies of the same photo, none of which can possibly be a theater destroyed in 1921, as all the vehicles are from the mid-‘20s to late '30s.
The information in the Dixie Theater synopsis above is simply not correct. You should disregard the information.
Roadside Oklahoma site provides modern snapshots of the former Dixie Theatre.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/722
The building in the middle of the Google photo is Tee’s Barber Shop, 120 N. Greenwood. I don’t know if this is the original theater building.
http://tinyurl.com/8u2ubf
Sorry to disagree, but during the 1920s the Dixie could not have possibly been the second largest theatre in Tulsa.
During the 20s the (1906) Grand Opera House had a seating capacity of 1200, (1912) Brady Theatre had a capacity of 4200,(1917, 4th St) Orpheum Theatre could seat 1400, (1922) Akdar Theatre held 1800, and (1926) Ritz Theatre opened with 2000 seats. Didn’t the (1907) Rialto seat well over 1000?
I have references made that the Dixie Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1931-1933 and 1940 as a Negro theatre.