Thomas Theatre
113 N. Main Street,
Kingfisher,
OK
93750
113 N. Main Street,
Kingfisher,
OK
93750
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The Thomas Theatre opened its doors on November 12, 1936 with Barbara Stanwyck in “The Bride Walks Out” along with an unnamed cartoon and an MGM News Of The Day newsreel. For its first thirteen years of operation, the Thomas Theatre served as Kingfisher’s first-run theater until the launch of the 89er Theatre on the former site of the Temple Theatre on September 27, 1949. Since the 89er’s launch, both theaters began to share an equal amount of first-run features but this didn’t last long.
Due to the popularity of the 89er Theatre, the Thomas Theatre tried again by renaming the theater the Marcy Theatre in June 1950. The Marcy retaining only a minimum of first-run films such as Walt Disney’s “Treasure Island” and a few then-latest Abbott and Costello films, but this was an ultimate failure. The 89er Theatre became the only first-run movie theater in Kingfisher, which forced the Marcy Theatre to downgrade to an almost all-B-film theater until closing in March 1951.
Picture of the vacant lot where the Temple was
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This is a view of the old Thomas Theatre. Vacant lot on the right was the first 89er Theatre
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From Boxoffice magazine, May 1950. Perhaps Thomas should be removed as the aka.
KINGFISHER, OKLA-The Thomas Theater here has been purchased by Don Abernathy, a partner in Marcy, Inc. Possession was to be taken by the new owner April 30. Another local theater, known as the 89er, was bought last July by Marcy, Inc.
For history of the cinema rebuilding project and also a vivid picture of the fire, please see http://www.89ertheatre.com Scroll to links at bottom of page.
The State Theatre is listed as open in 1943.
No listing for ‘New’ as a prefix in F.D.Y. editions 1943 or 1950.
Lost Memory;Some further details on the other Kingfisher theatres…..
The 350 seat Temple Theatre is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook; 1950 edition at 111 North Main Street. It is also in the 1943 edition but not in 1941. The State Theatre is listed in 1941 and 1943 as having 250 seats. but had dropped from listings by 1950. No address is given for the State Theatre.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition lists a Thomas Theatre, 113 N. Main Street, Kingfisher, OK with a seating capacity of 465. Same theatre?