Morris Theater

This theater appears on the 1922 Sanborn. It was located in a two story wooden commercial building, which had housed a general store in 1915. This was likely a typical false-fronted frame building, which composed so many early downtowns on the Plains.

This theater appears in the 1926 Yearbook as the Iris Theater. By 1930, it is listed as offering Royaltone sound. The 1931 Yearbook lists it as the Mavis Theater, and in 1932 it appears as the Morris Theater. It was apparently destroyed in a fire sometime in 1932. Cimarron is not listed in the 1933 Yearbook, but Mr. Morris relocated further north and constructed a new theater (which has its own listing on Cinema Treasures) in time to be listed in 1934.

The current structure was built in 1947.

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