Yale Theatre
113 E. 6th Street,
Okmulgee,
OK
74447
113 E. 6th Street,
Okmulgee,
OK
74447
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Here is a modern day view of the Sixth Street entrance to the Yale Theatre (one story bldg with green/white striped awning),
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Google maps addresses seem to always be a little off mark, but the location for the Yale Theater would be (aprox 189 East Sixth Street. The auditorium and Fifth Street entrance were razed in 1964, but the Sixth Street lobby still remains.
OOPs. I accidently listed the Yale Theatre in OKC instead of the one in Okmulgee. Here is correcd web page,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/578
Recent color shots of the Yale Theatre aaaa9with its awful remodel job) can be viewed on this site,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/482
Presented here is an updated version of vintage burlesque strip routines …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIdt0aLl3Bg
Burlesque shows were presented on a sporadic bases at the Yale Theatre, but when they were staged this is what audiences saw -
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During its brief period as a burlesque house the Yale Orchestra would played this type music,
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Go to Oklahoma Histerical Society below site to view images of the Yale auditoriun, (one story) Sixth Street, and (three story) Seventh Street entrance. Type in word “yale”, then search…
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During its burlesque days perhaps Dubinsky provided a house band that performed snappy tunes like the ones played on these sites – – -
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and/or
http://www.spaceagepop.com/lester.htm
Griffith gained a reputation for acquiring beautiful theatre structures, milked them for profit, while letting them dilapidate into a ramshackled mess. The lovely Yale was amoung these.
After the Yale closed the First Baptist Church bought many of the theatre seats to install in the sanctuary balcony.
The First Christian Church bought the pipe organ, fixtures, and stage lights.
First Baptist built a new sanctuary 1971, but a few of the original Yale chairs still exist today in their educational buidling.
The 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook gives a seating capacity of 1,450. Then, in the 1943 edition it states 400, obviously a misprint which carried over for several years. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. seating is given as 1,210.