Ritz Theatre
210 W. Grand Avenue,
Ponca City,
OK
74602
210 W. Grand Avenue,
Ponca City,
OK
74602
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Montgomery and Houston built the new Ritz Theater in 1926. Fred Pickerel, who owned the Murray, Mission and Majestic, purchased the Ritz in 1927. He and his partner converted the Ritz to sound. The Ritz Theatre closed May 15, 1951 with “I Covered the War.”
Sharp pictures of the Ritz are on this link
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/603
Still standing at 210 W. Grand, this is what the former Ritz Theatre looks like today,
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View Ritz Theatre interior & exterior photos from 1937 & 1939 by typing in word “ritz” -
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