Diana Theatre
309 SW D Avenue,
Lawton,
OK
73501
309 SW D Avenue,
Lawton,
OK
73501
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company, Video Independent Theaters Inc.
Previous Names: Dome Theatre
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The Dome Theatre was opened on May 7, 1916 with Alice Brady in"The Ballet Girl". It was built on the site of an open-air theatre. Following a remodel it was renamed Diana Theatre on December 19, 1962. It was closed in 1971 and demolished in 1974.
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SEE a 1962 image of the Diana Theatre dressed in circus attire by typing in word “diana”, then search -
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This theater had a balcony in it and a back entrance during the days of Jim Crow segragation. By the late 1960’s the back entrance was no longer in use and the balcony was used by black and white patrons alike. The presence of the US army and the efforts of forward looking post commander at nearby Fort Sill was one of the factors driving desegragation in public accomodations in Lawton.
This site has a clear 1962 photo of the Dome when it was still known as the Diana Theatre
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/429
Here is what the neighborhood is like these days, the Dome Theatre was razed long ago!
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December 19th, 1962 opening announcement (As Diana) in the photo section.
remodeled in 1962 by chapman const. owned by Margaret day and dewey Sutton who inherited from miss day. had colored balcony from 62-64. had brass statue of indian holding spear.
Early `50s and 1961 photo as Dome Theatre added courtesy Marian Lynne Kirchner-Rohanand. December 1962 photo added courtesy Matt Walker. Open House with “In Search of the Castaways” as the grand opening film.
Boxoffice, Dec. 17, 1973: “Video (Theatres)’s Lawton manager Clyde Walker reports that a wave of downtown urban renewal in Lawton is about to sweep away three circuit houses there - the Diana, Rita and Lawton … Walker expects the Diana Theatre will be torn down soon after January 1.”
The Dome Opened Its Doors On May 7, 1916 With “The Ballet Girl”.
By 1963 the Diana Theatre was part of the Griffith/Video Independent Theatres chain.