Ritz Theatre
221 W. Grand Street,
Cherokee,
OK
73728
221 W. Grand Street,
Cherokee,
OK
73728
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The Grand Opera House of Cherokee was designed by prolific Enid architect Roy W. Shaw. It opened as the Cherokee Opera House on November 16, 1908 to commemorate the First Anniversary of Oklahoma’s admittance into the United States. In 1910, it was called the Grand Opera House of Cherokee / Grand Opera House. It had a very brief run as the Grand Theater before Charley B. Titus took on the venue renaming it as the Majestic Theatre on June 14, 1920 with Priscilla Dean in “The Virgin of Stamboul.” The Majestic competed with the Crystal Theatre until both were taken on by the Hawk Brothers.
The trade press suggests that the Majestic was closed under a new operator and that the Crystal was wired for sound becoming the Ritz Theatre. We’ll assume for ease that they had it backwards and the Majestic became the Ritz as written here. The Ritz left at the end of lease on August 28, 1955 with Fred MacMurray in “Pushover.”