Ritz Theater
527 Barnes Street,
Alva,
OK
73717
527 Barnes Street,
Alva,
OK
73717
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Check out an outstanding antique postcard view of the Fort Supply Opera House. Go to Archives page, then enter Fort Supply Opera House,
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/star/public.html
Alva once had both large and small theaters surrounding the town square, click here to see pictures of all five;
http://community.webshots.com/album/37080327UvSytP
and history of Alva’s 1907 New Opera House, click;
View link
Sorry for the off topic nature of this post, but for some reason I’ve been getting notices regarding this theater and not only have I not subscribed to this particular thread, but until now I’ve never posted here. How is this possible? Methinks there are Ubangi’s in the fuel supply!
This building was involved in a downtown fire on May 22, 2004. Pictures can be seen at: View link .
Listed as operating in Film Daily Yearbooks 1941-1950 editions that I have. The seating capacity was 400.