Almeda Theatre

Google maps this address as Almeda Road. Photos of the Almeda Theater can be seen here.

This theatre has long been gone. It became a Fred Astaire Dance Studio in the middle 1950's. But I remember it as a theatre when I was a young boy in the 1940's. I think the first film I remember was MY PAL TRIGGER in 46'. I was 6 years old. My mother & father loved to go to the movies in those days before television and many times would take my brother & I along. We all liked westerns and comedies. And the place was always busy. We loved THE PALEFACE in 48'. The theatre was part of the Interstate Circuit Inc out of Dallas. Every Saturday morning, my brother & I would go to the kids show and it was always full of kids. Great times.

1983 Photo

The Almeda opened on August 9, 1940. The premier feature was "Road to Singapore" with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour. The Cliff Drescher Cowboy Band was slated to play in front of the theater. The Almeda's first manager was Tom A. Howell.