Fox IV Theater

3364 E. 51st Street,
Tulsa, OK 74135

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Cinerama
Cinerama on February 19, 2023 at 10:20 pm

Just added articles, ads, and pictures of the Fox theatre from 1966 to 1998 to https://incinerama.com/fox.htm. Please don’t copy them to this site.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on December 7, 2022 at 2:53 am

National General and Fox Midwest teamed to launch the Fox Country Club Plaza Theatre on November 23, 1966 with “Alfie.” A May 1966 court ruling had allowed the arrangement after antitrust / competitive practices issues had been raised by competitors. The Country Club Plaza also opened in 1966 with a Humpty Dumpty grocer, Skaggs Drug Store, and the Fox Country Club Plaza Theatre. On April 3, 1973, Mann Theatres acquired National General’s 240 locations and, effective on June 29, 1973, Mann operated the cinema under the Mann Fox Plaza Theatre banner. Mann closed the venue temporarily in 1975 to twin the venue. It became the Mann Fox Twins on Christmas Day 1975.

On June 22, 1984, General Cinema Corporation circuit took over the venue as the Fox Cinema I & II in a trade of locations with Mann . On September 12, 1991, GCC renamed the venue as the Fox Dollar Cinema downgrading it to a sub-run one dollar discount house. GCC left the venue behind at the end of a leasing period on April 30, 1992. A year later, the twins were twinned becoming a four-plex that operated as the Fox IV Theatre from August 6, 1993 to its permanent closure on September 30, 1998.

rivest266
rivest266 on December 6, 2022 at 8:41 pm

Closed in 1992 and reopened as the Fox 4 by the owners as the Admiral Drive-In on August 6th, 1993 with 4 screens. Another ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on December 6, 2022 at 3:29 pm

Opened on November 23rd, 1966 with Chill Wills in person. Grand opening ad posted. It reopened with 2 screens on December 25th, 1975.

JoelWeide
JoelWeide on January 12, 2015 at 8:16 pm

I worked in the district office for Mann Theatres out of Wichita, KS and remember when this theatre was twinned. I never saw it, but from the pictures the marquee looks very similiar to the Fox Garvey in Wichita, which was also an NGC house.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 5, 2010 at 2:26 am

Thanks guys for the great ad 2001,and the pictures. Real Theatres,my friends,not 20 plexes!

seymourcox
seymourcox on July 18, 2010 at 9:35 pm

Found on this informative site are recent shots of the Fox Four Cinema, Tulsa,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/716

seymourcox
seymourcox on April 28, 2007 at 5:44 pm

Here is a late 1960’s photo of the Fox Theatre marquee as it originally stood to advertise a single screen, 2000 seat theatre.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/B8207.jpg

jimnrite
jimnrite on May 25, 2006 at 1:06 pm

I was an usher at the Fox from 1967-1969. I was popular at Kelley as I had free access to “2001”! Stoned hippies used to come in during the last 30 minutes to lay down in front of the giant Cinerama screen and zone out! I miss the Fox and the wonderful people I met there. What ever happened to Mr. Nichols???

pugpapaokc
pugpapaokc on May 3, 2006 at 2:24 pm

I worked with Blake Smith at the Fox 4 Cinemas for a time as projectionist. I really admire how they were able to take the twin theater and make it into 4 screens. The twins were simply cut right down the middle length wise and theaters with about 100 or so seats were created. It was a rather nice second-run house.

The theater itself was never actually demolished. The building itself still stands today, only as a gym.