Tower Theater
1105 S. Denver Avenue,
Tulsa,
OK
74119
1105 S. Denver Avenue,
Tulsa,
OK
74119
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company
Architects: W. Scott Dunne
Styles: Spanish Colonial, Streamline Moderne
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The Tower Theater was opened on October 27, 1937 with Jean Arthur in “More than a Secretary”. It was closed in the 1960’s and was demolished in 1977.
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TOWER Theater opened 1930, and near the end of the 1960s was an off and on operation until it closed completely. Structure sat empty many years and finally was razed 1977.
Two 1940s era pictures showing the tiny Tower Theater in its neighborhood surroundings,
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To see 1940s views of the Tower Theatre’s modest lobby and auditorium type in word “tower”,
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Those 40s photos show what little interior decoration the Tower Theatre had. Exterior styling was simple Spanish Colonial, while the interior was done up in Southwestern Moderne. Love that standee carpet pattern, bet it was colorful!
Architect W. Scott Dunne designed the Tower Theater.
The lot where the Tower Theatre stood has been a parking lot for over thirty three years now, but it looks as if construction has now begun on a new project
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Great looking Picture.
1937 photo added credit Griffith Amusement Company Collection 21500.229.1, courtesy Oklahoma Historical Society.
Motion Picture Herald, Jan. 19, 1952: “The Tower, a neighborhood theatre in Tulsa, Okla., has reopened, according to Bernard J. McKenna, Jr., who also operates the Gem and Royal theatres. The theatre, operated the past few years by the Griffith theatres, has been closed for about two months. A brother, Jimmy McKenna, will be manager of the Tower.”
The Tower theatre opened on October 27th, 1937. Grand opening ad posted.