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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Texas » Lubbock » Clifton Theater
Also known as Palace Theater

Clifton Theater

Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 79401 United States
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Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Moderne, Beaux-Arts
Function: Unknown
Seats: 934
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Originally opened as the Palace Theater. In the early 1950's it was given a 'Modernistic' make-over and re-opened as the Clifton Theater.

It specialized in horror movies in the 1950's and 1960's, it was located near the Lindsey Theater in old downtown Lubbock.
Contributed by curtis cates

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I saw "RODAN the FLYING MONSTER" at the Clifton. It was a grand old movie palace that ran a lot of horror movies. Played "CREATURE from the BLACK LAGOON" in Double-interlock polaroid 3-D there.
posted by Ned Fairbairn on Jun 2, 2005 at 2:56pm
Courtesy of Oklahoma Historical Society is this 1948 architectural drawing of the contemporary Clifton Theatre. To view sketch type in word "clifton", then search,
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Seymour Cox on Aug 28, 2007 at 12:49pm
Many Lubbock theaters shown. El Capitan; Plaza; Clifton; Lindsey; Cactus; Westerner Drive-In; Corral; Broadway; Midway; Plains Drive-In; Arnett-Benson; Arcadia.

http://swco.ttu.edu/Digital_Collections/WinstonReeves/index2.asp
From the drop-down box choose: Buildings-Commercial-Movie Theaters

Search theatre and drive-in and there are other arial shots of other drive-ins, etc.
ENJOY!
posted by Robert Pratt on Aug 29, 2007 at 12:21am
Recently uncovered vintage photographs reveal that the Clifton was a makeover of the old Palace Theater.
posted by Seymour Cox on Aug 29, 2007 at 9:15am
The Clifton was the old Palace. It was across the street from what became the Pride of the Plains Lindsey Theater. It was in a large 3 story stucture that was part of the old Hilton Hotel city block. All of the buildings are now gone. It was one of the only buildings of its size in downtown Lubbock.
posted by Robert Pratt on Aug 29, 2007 at 6:13pm
This is an ad from the Lubbock Morning Avalanche dated December 14, 1924. The ad is for the company that supplied some of the equipment, projector, dimmers, seats, etc for the Palace Theater. This theater dates back to at least 1924.

posted by Lost Memory on Mar 27, 2009 at 4:29pm
Lost memory, the link above has died, but I found the opening ad pages, which can be found at the link below.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/22263721/Lubbock-Palace-19241214
posted by Mike Rivest on Nov 7, 2009 at 3:53pm
Some of those links don't last very long Mike. At least I got the 1924 year right. :)

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:27pm
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