Akdar Theatre
227 W. Fourth Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
227 W. Fourth Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
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Architects: Cornelius Ward Rapp, George W. Leslie Rapp
Firms: Rapp & Rapp
Styles: French Renaissance, Moorish
Previous Names: Akdar Temple Theatre
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The Akdar Temple Theatre was opened on February 2, 1925 with the New York stage production of Florence Ziegfeld’s “Sally” starring Vera Myers. After closing as a movie theatre in 1946, it became the Cimmaron Ballroom. It was demolished in 1965.
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Elaborate auditorium decoration can be studied in these scenes from a production that played the Akdar stage way back in 1952…
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D6893.jpg – http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D6897.jpg
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D6892.jpg – http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D6895.jpg
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D6891.jpg – http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C0130.jpg
Many downtown buildings, including the Akdar Theatre, came down to make way for a new Civic Center. At the time this complex was considered bold, inovative, and modernistic. These days it just looks like a relic of a bygone era. See for yourself,
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/G0642.jpg
Construction shot of the Akdar going up on the Western edge of downtown -
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A 1930 view illustrating how the theatre was twice as long as it was wide -
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This photo is entitled “Tulsa Schools, Theatres, and Eateries of the 1930’s”,
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http://schehrer2.homestead.com/Population.html
Tulsa had a population of only 72,000 in 1922, yet it had four first class theatres, the Akdar being one of them!
On this site Gene Kelly presents a tour of historic movie palaces –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5FZ6Ung6Ac
Roadside Oklahoma provides an antique picture postcard view of the Akdar Theatre, Tulsa.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/736
To see a clear color picture postcard view of the Akadar Theatre go to match all words on below site and type in “akdar"
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If you’d like to see a rare color snapshot of the Akdar Theatre, then go to site below and type in “akdar"
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opened on February 2nd, 1925