Aldridge Theater
*The Aldridge Theater opened on this date in 1920. It was a black-owned business in Oklahoma City, OK. It opened with Sam De Grasse in “Blind Husbands.” It initially presented vaudeville and movies.
It was part of the TOBA chain of Black-owned theatres owned by Zelia Breaux. In the late 1920s, Count Basie and Gonzelle White’s band played there. From the 1940s through the 1950s, it was a movie theatre, having dropped live performances.
