Sooner Theatre
125 W. Sheridan Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73102
125 W. Sheridan Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73102
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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Firms: Parr & Aderhold
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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Built on the site of the Folly Theatre which burnt in 1947. The Sooner Theatre in Oklahoma City opened October 8, 1948 with George Nokes in “Shaggy” & William Gargan in “Waterfront at Midnight”. A photo that I found of the Sooner Theatre shows it as an adult theatre in the 1960’s. The Sooner Theater was closed November 9, 1971.
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Vintage postcard views of the old Folly Theater (1906-1947, burned) can be found in the downtown photo album of this web site. Warner’s Sooner Theater (1948-1971, razed) was built on the burned down Folly Theater lot…
http://www.oklahomacounty.org/assessor/
Warner’s SOONER was the last big downtown theater to be built. The correct address was 125 West Grand, OKC. 125 W Grand Blvd would have place it way out in the neighborhood burbs amoungst the Chieftain, Circle, Knob Hill, Redskin, and Yale.
Let me explain, Grand ran through downtown, but during the early 20th century shortsighted OKC planners thought it would be just “grand” to have a boulevard that encircled the entire town, thus Grand Boulevard came to be. As the city grew, expanded, and was devided into quadrants, Grand Blvd became quite a nightmare, and still is to this day.
During the mid 1930’s the downtown street called Grand was renamed Sheridan Ave in order to ease confusion.
Correct address for the downtown Sooner Theater should read;
125 W. Sheridan, Okla City
Until the downtown Sooner Theater switched over to showing X-rated product, it catered to teen-age taste.
A c1957 photograph of the Sooner Theater can be seen on below page. In search area type in word “theatre”, then click on small image for an enlargement -
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Near photo center of this c1913 picture postcard is seen the Folly Theatre with its stud light arch entry way. After the Folly burned the Sooner was built on the same foundation, and utilized the Folly stagehouse.
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Downtown Oklahoma City map with photos
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October 8th, 1948 grand opening ad in photo section.
On Wednesday, November 3, 1971, the Oklahoma Journal ad began stating: “FAREWELL PROGRAM! Sooner Closes Tuesday & Moves to Redskin with 1st Run Adult Films.” The final program for this theater was EXECUTIVE WIVES, directed by (according to IMDB) Albert Dinglehoofer, and “4 daring featurettes” re-printing the ad to its final day, Tuesday the 9th. (For some reason the Redskin began calling itself the “Sooner at Redskin,” although neither the theater’s size nor the number of films increased at all.)
Grand opening ad:
Sooner Theatre opening Fri, Oct 8, 1948 – 17 · The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) · Newspapers.com