Butler Theatre
Butler,
OK
73625
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Ed,White launched the brand new $7,000 movie House, the Gem Theatre, on February 14, 1929 with Richard Dix in “Sporting Goods.” On May 1, 1929, the theater celebrated a second grand opening after installing Vitaphone to play sound films beginning with “The Canary Murder Case.” The operator appears to have left town taking the equipment. This left the theatre scheduling vaudeville and other live events in early 1930 before Reintroducing sound films on May 16, 1930. The theatre closed in 1933 and the Rialto in Hammon became the film destination for locals.
On Sept. 12,, 1946, the theater reopened under the moniker of the Butler Theatre with “Wanderer of the Wasteland.” It later,closed as television proved to be more popular.
Not much left of the Butler business district. Don’t know if one of these few remaining buildings once housed a cinema.
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