Cherokee Theatre
115 S. Grand Street,
Enid,
OK
73701
115 S. Grand Street,
Enid,
OK
73701
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The Cherokee Theatre actually opened on November 16, 1938 with Judy Garland in “Listen Darling” along with a sportsreel featuring highlights of a Oklahoma Vs. Missouri football game.
“The Cherokee Theatre, which has been in operation since 1945, will close its doors Tuesday (19). … Roy Shield … has purchased the building and its contents and will convert it to a modern commercial building.” — Boxoffice, July 18, 1960
1939 photo added, photo credit Oklahoma Historical Society. Via the Enid Oklahoma Old Post Cards Facebook page.
The Boxoffice article Tinseltoes linked to earlier says that the Cherokee Theatre was designed by Corgan & Moore.
Thanks for the great article, Tinseltoes! I stand corrected on the opening date for the Cherokee. I’m not sure where I found the 1928 date but it may have been in reference to whatever theater was in that location prior to the opening of the Cherokee. I just talked to a business owner in downtown Enid who remembers his father doing a promotion for his business in conjunction with a movie showing at the Cherokee in 1947.
The Cherokee, located at 117 S. Grand, was in business from 1928 to 1959. It was operated by the Griffith Amusement Company from 1940 to 1945, Shields Theatres from 1945 to 1950 and Video Independent Theatres, Inc. (formerly Griffith) from 1950 to 1959. The 1952 and 1954 Enid City Directories list the Cherokee’s address as 115 S. Grand.
Today the former Cherokee Theatre is home to Larry’s Home Oxygen.
Next door (right of Cherokee) stands the old Royal Theatre.
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Found on this site are recent color snapshots of the former Cherokee Theatre, located at 115 S Grand St., Enid, OK…
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/368
Sharp 1940 exterior/interior photos of the Art Deco masterpiece Cherokee Theatre (and neighboring Royal) can be seen by typing in word ‘theatre’, then search …
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For a good picture of Enid’s Loewen Theatre go to Archive page on link below, then enter Loewen.
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/star/public.html
Enter Fort Supply Opera House if you would like to see an antique postcard of that theatre.
Center left of this vintage postcard shows an Enid movie house, name is very difficult to make out. Does it read Cherokee?
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Seating is given as 1,000 in both the 1940 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. seating is given as 994.