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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Texas » Houston » Joy-Tex Theatre
Also known as Crown Theatre, Joy Theatre

Joy-Tex Theatre

Houston , TX
303 Main Street
, Houston , TX 77002 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 750
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Not one of the Houston's finer show places, this bottom rung seond-run showplace was located in in the 300 block of Main. A haven for Republic westerns, B-movies and Columbia serials, the Joy Theatre was notorious for running exploitation films and holding late night burlesque shows on weekends. As a pre-schooler, my grandmother would leave me in the Joy Theatre all day while she worked downtown.
Contributed by Captain Bijou


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Also known as the Crown Theatre. Opened in 1925, closed in 1945.
posted by Chuck1231 on Jan 25, 2010 at 10:15pm
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