The Texas Theatre and Its Venetian-Inspired Decor
by Paula Bosse
A little bit of Venice in the O.C. (note organ at edge of stage)
by Paula Bosse
The Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff — which opened in April, 1931 — was the first movie theater in Dallas built expressly to show movies with sound. It was also the largest “suburban” theater in the Dallas area — only downtown’s first-run Majestic and Palace theaters were larger. Below are photos of the theater’s “Venetian-style” interior, from the trade journal Motion Picture Herald.
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Photos from Motion Picture Herald, July 2, 1932. For the full article, see the very large scan of page 1 here, and page 2 here.
The Texas Theatre is still alive — its website’s history page is here.
My previous post, “The Texas Theatre — 1932” (which shows the theater’s exterior at the time this article was published), is here.
Images larger when clicked.
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[…] For photos of the theater’s interior, published in 1932 in the trade journal Motion Picture Herald, see my post “The Texas Theater and Its Venetian-Inspired Decor,” here. […]
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The organ at the Texas was moved there from the Midway Theater down the street. I spent many hours at the Texas–sell day some Saturdays.
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How much different did it look inside by the time you were going there, Bob?
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you are sublime!
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Ha! Thank you. I bet you are, too!
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[…] interior of the Texas Theatre at some point was covered in stucco, but Flashback Dallas found these photos of the interior from 1932 showing its original Venice-inspired […]
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Oswald’s last residence?
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