Cozy Theatre
124 W. Broadway Street,
Hollis,
OK
73550
124 W. Broadway Street,
Hollis,
OK
73550
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The Cozy Theatre had a little interesting history. This first opened as the Cozy Tent Theatre during the first week of July 1924 by Charley Whorton and G.A. Peterson, and was relocated two months later to the Pendergraft Building. The name was then shorten to just Cozy Theatre.
It was still operating in 1930 but its unconfirmed if its still operating as a movie theater or even wired for sound.
This Cozy doesn’t appear to have been part of a chain. An item about G. A. Peterson appeared in the July 1, 1927, issue of Motion Picture News that suggests he only operated in Hollis:
Cozy appears to have been a fairly popular name for theaters at one time, but I don’t know of any chain of them. There was an independently operated Cozy Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles at least as late as the 1960s. It was a tiny grind house on Broadway. I never went to it, but it had one of my favorite downtown marquees.In my research about Reproduco organs I’ve got a listing from 1926 for the Cozy Theatre in Hollis, OK. That implies the 1928 hall was the second Cozy in town. To my ear, the name Cozy seems an unusual name for a theatre, but I’m finding a number of halls scattered around the mid-west with that name. Were they part of chain? In Joe’s link I see a reference to G.A. Peterson. Local developer? Theatre chain executive?
The April 14, 1928, issue of Motion Picture News said:
Open ~1930? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
Could use an address or crossroads, more info and photos always welcome.