Main Street Theater
210 S. Main Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
210 S. Main Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
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Previous Names: Main Street Cinema
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The Main Street Theater was opened in 1922. It was listed as (Closed) in the 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
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MAIN STREET CINEMA was a stylistic nickelodeon that dated back to the early Twentieth-Century. With a huge, decorative arched entry way, it was quite impressive!
Some source list this same address for the TULSA Theater, but the Main Stree and Tulsa were two different movie houses.
To look at a 1940 picture of Tulsa’s Main Street Cinema look under the heading “2nd & Main” on the below web site,
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/BFC/index.htm
Main Street Cinema is the white structure nestled between Crown Drug and JC Penney.
This picture postcard, published during the 1950’s, clearly illustrates that the old Main Street Cinema had already closed, converted to retail use. It was situated between Crown Drugs and JC Penney’s. Tulsa Theatre was located across from the Main Street Cinema,
http://tulsalawyer.com/page54.html
Two c1940’s views of the (already ancient) Main Street Cinema
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1584.jpg
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1482.jpg
This 1957 photo shows midway down the block (photo right) the former Main Street Cinema. Directly across the street sits (photo left) Tulsa Theatre.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/B0914.jpg
Type in words “main street” or “theatre” to view vintage interior/exterior images,
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Roadside Oklahoma site gives a nice vintage view of the old Main Street Cinema, Tulsa.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/711
-Recently added is a 1940 close up photo, go to above 09-29-07 post and type in
“main street theatre"
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