Walmur Theatre

Bristow, OK 74010

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Previous Names: De Luxe Theatre, Empress Theatre

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The Fe Luxe Theatre was opened by 1917. In the fall of 1920 it was renamed Empress Theatre. On August 20, 1922 it was renamed Walmur Theatre. It operated into the 1950’s.

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raybradley
raybradley on August 12, 2007 at 8:30 pm

Southwestern styling of the Bristow Walmar and Okmulgee Inca auditoriums were very similar in design. Photographs of the Walmar Theatre can be seen by typing word “theatre” in search area …
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seymourcox
seymourcox on July 11, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Historic photos of the Walmur Theatre can be seen on this site;
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/265

raybradley
raybradley on March 23, 2011 at 11:22 pm

The Walmur Theatre had a destinctive design style, and after looking at modern day Bristow street views I could not locate a match. See what you think!
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Will Dunklin
Will Dunklin on June 24, 2014 at 5:56 am

The Walmur Amusement Company, Bristow, is listed in a 1926 Advertisement for Reproduco organs. Did Walmur Amusement own other theatres in town during the early 1920’s or was this their only hall?

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 15, 2020 at 8:57 am

Opened as the De Luxe Theatre as early as 1917, became the Empress Theatre in the fall of 1920, and then the Walmur Theatre on August 17, 1922 right before the lobby was remodeled.

It is still in operation since 1963.

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