Rodeo Theatre

720 W. Main Street,
Duncan, OK 73533

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on October 4, 2021 at 7:29 pm

Boxoffice, Oct. 23, 1961: “J. C. Drake reopened the old Moore Theatre in Duncan, renaming it the Rodeo”

rivest266
rivest266 on January 15, 2021 at 8:14 pm

Opened August 5th, 1961

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on January 15, 2021 at 5:26 pm

On January 1, 1942, the Guy Henderson Building was purchased Ritz operator J.A. Guest who created the Tower Theatre. That became the Moore Theatre. Finally, the Moore Theatre was refrubished in 1961 under a new operator. The new Rodeo Theatre with 532 seats opened August 4, 1961 with Stereo Vision with “September Storm” supported by the Stereo Vision cartoon, “Space Attack.”

Oddly enough, the theatre was reportedly having financial difficulties in late February likely reaching the end of a 20-year leasing agreement and, then within a week of that report, burned down on February 26, 1962 ending the Guy Henderson Building and the Rodeo Theatre.

kcloan
kcloan on August 18, 2016 at 3:32 pm

Well … it’s official. The Rodeo Theatre burned down on Monday, February 26, 1962. The fire started about 12:25 a.m. in the morning and it took two hours to control the blaze. The fire apparently started somewhere in the stage area. The building was owned by Andy Moore and leased to J.C. Drake. There was very little smoke damage to the two building on the sides and some water damage to both. The estimated loss was $75,000.00 to the building, furnishings, and equipment. Extensive repairs were made in August and September of 1961 in the amount of $12,000.00 to open the Rodeo.