Tivoli Theatre

Joe Vogel on September 5, 2017 at 8:31 pm

Rusty is correct, and as the Palace and the Princess were both being listed in The Daily Ardmoreite from 1917 through at least 1922, it is clear they were two different theaters. Whether the house that became the Tivoli ever used the name Princess at all I haven’t discovered, but it seems increasingly unlikely.

Neither have I been able to find an address for the Princess Theatre that opened in 1917. It’s possible that the Princess was at the address we have listed for the Palace (109 W.Main Street), seeing how the two houses have been conflated in other ways, but not certain by any means. An earlier Princess Theatre, probably a storefront nickelodeon, was in operation at Ardmore by late 1909. I don’t know its address, either.

Joe Vogel on March 23, 2014 at 9:17 am

The July 15, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World had this item that must have been about the Princess/Tivoli Theatre:

“Helback & Cox, proprietors of the Theatorium and Majestic theaters of Ardmore, Okla., have secured the location for a new picture theater in that city to be erected at the corner of West Main and B streets. Plans now being prepared provide for a seating capacity of 1,200 persons. It is hoped to have the house ready for opening in October.”

So far I haven’t found any mention of the opening date of the Princess in any of the trade publications, but it must have opened in the autumn of 1916.

Joe Vogel on December 21, 2013 at 9:57 pm

The Tivoli Theatre was designed by architect Leonard H. Bailey. It was (as the Princess Theatre) on a list of theaters he had designed that was published in the October 25, 1930, issue of Exhibitors Herald-World.

missmelbatoast on March 11, 2011 at 8:57 pm

… and, Champion’s hoof prints are enshrined in cement inside the forecourt of Hollywood’s Mann’s Chinese Theatre.

raybradley on March 10, 2011 at 4:44 pm

This is what the Tivoli Theatre looks like today. Former Temple Theatre can be seen in distance.
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seymourcox on July 11, 2010 at 11:31 am

Fabulous vintage photos of the Tivoli Theatre can be seen on this siet;
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/driveinsok

Don Lewis on May 15, 2008 at 7:53 am

A 1984 view of the Tivoli Theater here and a 1987 view here.

Lauren Durbin on July 22, 2005 at 7:24 pm

The theater was also damaged in an overnight fire in September of 1958. Showing was “Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).”