Tulsa Movie Theaters Hardback
by Steve Clem, Maggie Brown, The Tulsa Historical Society And Museum
Part of the Images of America series
Hardback
Description
Going to the movies has always been special. Tulsa's first theater opened in 1906 with a lineup of silent reels and live vaudeville entertainment.
During the next two decades, dozens of movie houses opened downtown, including the Big Four: the Ritz, Orpheum, Majestic, and Rialto.
As Tulsa grew, neighborhood theaters, including the Brook, Delman, and Will Rogers, became favorites.
Drive-in theaters soon followed around the city boundaries.
In 1965, Tulsa's first multiplex--the Boman Twin--opened.
Tulsans experienced blockbuster films at these theaters with multiple screens and increasingly smaller auditoriums.
Tulsa also hosted star-studded movie premieres. Among them were The Outsiders and the 1949 premiere of Tulsa, featuring the biggest parade and crowd in Tulsa's history.
Perhaps the most well-known theater--the Dreamland on Black Wall Street--was destroyed during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Although it was rebuilt, images of the Dreamland in ruins are iconic.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:130 pages
- Publisher:Arcadia Pub (Sc)
- Publication Date:19/07/2021
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- ISBN:9781540248664
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:130 pages
- Publisher:Arcadia Pub (Sc)
- Publication Date:19/07/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781540248664
