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Originally Posted by Steve
I'm intrigued by the date of your mention of the Warner being Cinerama. That would conflict totally with what we found in newspaper accounts at that time. I am quite willing to accept, of course, that the newspaper isn't always right.
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Further follow up on the above, Steve, from the Oklahoman's archives:
From all else I could find, the above Cinerama movie was the last to show at the Warner. Other articles indicate that it continued to show movies and host productions (notably the Junior League's sponsorship of the Broadway Theater League series) ... but the last movie listing I found was 4/19/1964, for the movie Hud with Paul Newman and Patricia Neal.
An October 20, 1964 Oklahoman article describes the theater's long history under the headline, "Historic City State Slated For Wreckers":
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The state's most historic state, Oklahoma City's downtown Warner Theater, will be be reduced to paying the role of a parking lot in early 1965.
Demolition of the structure at 213 W Sheridan will begin immediately ...
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... going on to review the building's history.