Ritz Theatre

117 S. Grand Avenue,
Crescent, OK 73028

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 2, 2019 at 5:40 pm

Architect P. H. Weathers' full name was Patrick Henry Weathers.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 2, 2019 at 12:21 am

Here is an item from the September 10, 1927 issue of Moving Picture World:

“CRESCENT. OKLA. — George Graff, care Crescent Milling Company, has plans by P. H. Weathers, Old Exchange Building, Oklahoma City for one-story brick theatre, 50 by 140 feet.”
The January 8, 1928 issue of The Film Daily listed the Ritz Theatre in Crescent, Oklahoma as one of the new houses in which the National Theatre Supply Company had recently installed equipment.

Aaron Stanfill
Aaron Stanfill on February 15, 2016 at 12:31 am

The Ritz Theatre in Crescent closed in 1971. It was operated by The McConnel movie circuit a private owned company with theatres in several cities in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. The building was severely damaged by fire in about 1978. All of the equipment was destroyed and the building sat vacant for several years before being renovated and was used for another type of business. The original building was build as a Theatre by the Graff family a very prominent family of the area.

missmelbatoast
missmelbatoast on April 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm

Look accross the Ritz Theatre’s Mission Revival building top and you’ll see it was built in 1927

Lauren Durbin
Lauren Durbin on August 7, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Pics:

http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/1199

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on July 15, 2010 at 10:02 am

PLEASE ADD TO ADDRESS:

117 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE

If you go to the street photo it will show you the American Legion. The theater is the to the left of the Legion after the vacant lot. That’s how Google wooks sometimes??

FUNCTION:

CHURCH

Open 1930-1955?

More info or photos?