Varsity Theater

Now at this location is Mr. J's Paint and Supply and Pennepomodoro Italian Bistro Restaurant. They list it as University Park on their web site instead of Dallas.

Theatre was demolished in 1997. Here are some photos courtesy of Randy Crlisle during demolition, click each photo for a larger view.


http://homepage.mac.com/sdorn/dallas_shots/PhotoAlbum131.html

Header should be changed to cloed/demolished.

The Varsity Theatre was opened by Paul Scott in 1929. In 1937, he sold the house to Interstate Theatres. Subsequently, he filed a lawsuit against Interstate, claiming that the chain's unfair practices had caused him considerable losses. The suit was settled out of court, and Scott later became a district manager for Interstate.

I've been unable to discover when the Varsity got the modern facade it sported at the time of its demolition, but it reminds me a bit of the street-facing side wall of the Esquire in Chicago.