Seminole Theatre
122 N. Main Street,
Seminole,
OK
74868
122 N. Main Street,
Seminole,
OK
74868
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Previously operated by: Dubinsky Brothers, Griffith Amusement Company, Video Independent Theaters Inc.
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Rex Theatre
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The Rex Theatre was opened by the Dubinsky Brothers circuit on April 24, 1927 with vaudeville. It was a 700-seat movie theatre by 1928. It was closed on January 29, 1940 to be remodeled and having a new facade. Sleek, streamline, and comfortable are good adjectives to describe the theatre which reopened as the Seminole Theatre on February 9, 1940 with Edgar Bergen in “Charlie McCarthy, Detective”. A small town cinema that fulfilled its purpose to present movie entertainment at affordable ticket prices.
In the 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook it is listed with a seating capacity of 700. By 1951 it is listed with a 940 seating capacity. The building still stood in 2013, its use unknow, but could be storage.
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Guess seating capacity yourself by viewing these vintage interior photos. Type in word “seminole theatre” to see images -
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Here is a photo circa 1939:
http://tinyurl.com/yc8kohp
roadsideoklahoma has a history outline and picture, but trees block the exterior, http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/633
The Dubinsky circuit opened the Rex Theatre on April 24, 1927 with vaudeville and at the height of the oil boom in Seminole. It closed on January 29, 1940. It was overhauled getting a new front and name becoming the Seminole Theatre relaunching on February 9, 1940 with “Charlie McCarthy: Detective.”