Chief Theater
Broken Bow,
OK
74728
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The Chief Theatre opened its doors on August 30, 1951 with Rod Cameron in “Cavalry Scout” (unclear if any extras were added). It was first managed by Talmadge Kolb. It was closed in the early-1980s.
This is a tough audience. Now you know what it looked like.
Did this one have an elaborate vertical sign that included the face of an Indian? I seem to recall a theatre of that name with such a sign.
Boxoffice is prone to errors of this type-their reporters are not always thorough. Mike Rivest has a timeline of 1955 to 1980, but sometimes he rounds those dates off.He also mentions Williams as the owner. Perhaps the Chief was a later aka for one of the three you mentioned.
K. Lee Williams owned three theaters in Broken Bow, including the Chief, in the late 1930s and onward, according to articles in Boxoffice magazine at that time. It appears that the theater operated until the early 1980s and might have been on Main Street, although I haven’t been able to confirm either of those. I have not seen any seat count to date.