Empress Theatre
111 W. Main Street,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73102
111 W. Main Street,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73102
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Previously operated by: Paramount-Publix, Sullivan & Considine, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Architects: George F. Shrieber
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The Empress Theatre opened in 1910. It was located on W. Main Street east of North Robinson Avenue. In 1924 it was equipped with a Wurlitzer 2 manual 6 ranks organ.
I could not find a firm closing date but it was demolished in October 1940.
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Chuck
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Instead of selling the Wurlitzer piecemeal, Paramount donated the organ to a small church located on either NW 11th or NW 12th, East of Pennsylvania Ave, this fine instrument is still there to this very day.
Look on this site for vintage shots of the Empress Theatre;
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Architect George F. Schrieber designed the Empress Theatre.
Probably part of the Sullivan&Considine chain of vaudeville theaters as all their venues were called Empress Theaters nationwide.
In 1956 this parking garage was constructed on the former Empress site,
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From Doug Loedenback’s link comes these 11-26-1911 and 12-4-1911 newspaper notices,
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plus a photo,
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Here are postcard views of the Criterion, Empress, and Olympic, from the book Vanished Splendor II.
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In this 1920 image the Empress Theatre can be seen on the right, and the Criterion Theatre is photo left.
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1923 Pic of Empress Theatre, Oklahoma City, added to Photo Section.
Empress Theatre, 1926 Pic added to Photo Section.
Some history:
Empress theatre history 05 Oct 1940, Sat The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Newspapers.com