El Caro Theatre
110 S. Bickford Avenue,
El Reno,
OK
73036
110 S. Bickford Avenue,
El Reno,
OK
73036
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The odd name of El Caro was chosen in a naming contest and mashes together El Reno and Canadian County - at least according to M.I. Owens who won the contest.
There is a picture of the El Caro Theatre in the book Legendary Route 66 (page 134).
A period photo of this theater is available in the Oklahoma Historical Society archives. Honestly, the Safeco building, while very cute, does not resemble the building in the historical photo. The theater in the historical photo could possibly have a stucco facade, but the windows appear to be wider spaced and the buildings beside it do not match either. Perhaps the entire block was damaged. Hopefully more research will nail down the location of this theater with certainty. Go to this URL: http://tinyurl.com/6c5a8gg and typed in “El Reno Caro.”
What a pretty little cinema the El Caro was. A romantic setting in which to watch a double feature and enjoy a box of popcorn.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/346
Thanks; I will put the article’s URL where it should be.
I think that’s this one:
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Address for the El Caro should be updated per the comment of 12/9/06. The map view corresponds with the photo in the description.
According to this article, a Centre Theater at 111 South Bickford sustained some wind damage on April 29, 2010. Is this same theater as the El Caro which the above comment places at 111 North Bickford? View link
I spent some time in El Reno last month. I didn’t know about this theater, which is too bad as I did quite a bit of walking in the downtown area.