Palace Theatre
322 SW D Avenue,
Lawton,
OK
73501
322 SW D Avenue,
Lawton,
OK
73501
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Previous Names: Metropolitan Theatre
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The Metropolitan Theatre was opened on April 29, 1912. It was renamed Palace Theatre in 1920. In 1956 a fire broke out in an adjacent jewelry store which spread to the theatre and was destroyed.
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Listed various editions of Film Daily Yearbook, the seating capacities vary from edition to edition; 1940 and 1943=560. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 400.
Here is what the neighborhood looks like these days, Palace is long gone.
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Listings stopped in 1956.
300 block d ave south side.burned down 1956. fire started in jewelry store next door, put out 600pm, bram smoldering burned down theater. seatin capacity 400+.
The January 6, 1923 issue of Motion Picture News mentions a house in Lawton called the Met Theatre. As the Palace was originally called the Metropolitan, I suspect that Met was a foreshortened name adopted by the house at some point. It was still called the Metropolitan in 1918, when it was mentioned in the September 7 Moving Picture World.
1956 post fire photo added credit Museum of the Great Plains. Marquee collapsed on the ground.
There was a Colonial Theatre next door to the left of The Metropolitan Theatre that was in operation in 1912, but was gone by 1918. 1912 photo added showing both. Colonial Theatre CT page below. This proves the Metropolitan Theatre opened prior to 1914.
https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/72652
This opened as Metropolitan on April 29th, 1912, and became the Palace in 1920, and its listings appear to end in 1956. Grand opening ads and AI colorized image posted.