Rook Theatre
Watonga,
OK
32901
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The Rook Theatre was opened in 1927. It was closed in November 1985.
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The Rook Theatre was built by Charles Rook in 1927. He subsequently sold it to the Terry family who operated it until it’s closure in November 1985.
With a view toward opening a new theatre in town the Watonga State Bank and the Wheeler Brothers Grain Company purchased a building for possible conversion. The First State Bank provided $ 10,000 seed money. The building and the money were donated to the city.
It is thought that three screening rooms of varying sizes would be created with films booked so that one new one would be introduced each week. A consultant will be hired to design the configuration of the screening rooms.
The initial cost estimate of the conversion is $300,000.
The actual opening date is February 23, 1927 with Antonio Moreno in “The Temptress” along with an unnamed Aesop’s Fables and Pathe News.