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Oct 1, 2024 · Knight Rusty — "Embark on an adventure like no other with a very special knight in this imaginative animated family film! Rusty lives with his dragon Cole and faithful friend Bo in the kingdom of Scrapland, a magical world completely made of scrap-metal. With dreams of winning the great knights' tournament, Rusty acquires a speedy engine for his horse Chopper that propels them into first ...
Those memories and many more are captured in this exhibit on the history of Tulsa’s movie theaters. “Show Time” includes artifacts, photographs, and information on the extensive and memorable history of movie theaters throughout the Tulsa area, from the earliest, silent-era film houses and glamourous movie palaces to drive-ins and multiplexes.
Jul 28, 2023 · He came to Tulsa in 1909 to work at the newly opened Lyric Theatre, one of Tulsa’s earliest movie houses, where he made $15 a week cranking the projector by hand. And by 1912, at age 20, he had saved up enough money to buy a 50% share of the old Cozy Theater on North Main Street.
Tulsa has an extensive movie theater history going back more than a century. This exhibit offers a glimpse of that past, from the earliest movie houses to drive-ins and the glamorous movie palaces that once graced downtown. Also included are mythological statues from the Ritz and Orpheum. Open 2010-2011.
Nov 30, 2020 · Maggie Brown, director of exhibits for the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum, and Steve Clem, former operations director at Public Radio Tulsa, are writing a book called “Tulsa Movie Theaters,” which details Tulsa’s rich history with film venues. The pair makes the argument for movie theaters not just as entertainment centers, but places of great cultural import for many generations.
Grand opening ad: Continental Theatre opening 13 Mar 1966, Sun Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Newspapers.com rivest266 on December 6, 2022 at 9:48 am closed March 15th, 1981.
May 16, 2023 · Steve Clem and Maggie Brown will be featured at a special event to launch their book, "Tulsa Movie Theaters," at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 22, at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.
