Shirley Theatre

100 S. Broadway,
Konawa, OK 74849

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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on March 7, 2011 at 2:48 pm

AKA:

TIGER THEATRE

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100 SOUTH BROADWAY STREET

Opened as the Tiger Theatre in 1945, inside a former hotel, had 398 seats, as mentioned above, gutted by fire on May 6, 1954.

More info and photos always welcome.

seymourcox
seymourcox on March 3, 2011 at 2:25 pm

Here is a modern day view of 100 S. Broadway (Main & Broadway), but don’t see any structure resembling a former cinema,
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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on March 3, 2011 at 4:13 am

Les Nordean’s Tiger Theatre at Konawa, Oklahoma, was gutted by fire in May, 1954. The August 14 issue of Boxoffice reported that Nordean had spent $16,000 to restore the house, and was renaming it the Shirley Theatre after his wife.