Yale Theater
3811 Washington Avenue,
Houston,
TX
77007
3811 Washington Avenue,
Houston,
TX
77007
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The Yale Theater opened in 1938. It was built by the Interstate Theater chain of Dallas. At the time it opened, admissions were 5 cents, 10 cents and 25 cents.
On Saturday mornings there would be three hours of cartoons, serials, a feature film and frequently a stage show. The Yale Theater was demolished in the mid-Sixties and replaced by a bank.
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Photos of the Yale Theater can be seen here.
Thank you for posting the site for photos of the Yale Theater in Houston. It brought back fond memories!
Here’s my comment to Swampsterman. I worked at the Yale Theater from 1959 to 1961 behind the candy counter. The man who ran the theater was Alvin Guggenheim. My father rented some property from him and was good friends with him and he was my boss. He was a really great man and he loved the teenagers. Saturdays were great at Yale Theater. I loved living there and I am a native Houstonian and a Native Texas. I went to George Washington Jr. High and then I went to Reagan and San Jacinto High Schools. I love remembering the old and the good times.
The Yale Theater’s grand opening was at 7:30 p.m. on May 20, 1938. The Yale was originally managed by John Arnold. The premier feature was “Navy Blue and Gold†with Robert Young and James Stewart. The Yale’s sound system was Western Electric wide range sound.
The address should be 3811 Washington Ave. at Yale.
Does anyone have photos of the Yale Theater?
Shirley, Lost Memory posted a ling=k to photos of the Yale on Jul. 28, 2008. Just click on the word “here” and it will take you to a photo gallery.
comment swampsterman and patti westberg, patii is right about gugenheimers name , iwent to elemntary school with his son bobby.he got the class free tickets sometimes. and yes swamp saturdays were the bomb at the yale in the sixties. live bands, stage dancing, the works. my sisters used to get up there and twist away. saw bonnie and clyde there and gone with the wind. and all the elvis, beach party, christopher lee vampire, frankenstein, movies you could ever wont to see. do you remember the old steam hamburger warming machine,a couple of noisy pumps and your burger was ready in a few seconds, man those were the days. one dollar and you were set for all the movies,cartoons, entertainment, candy, soda, burgers, you could hold, and that was just the mid sixties, now its 20 bucks for a ticket and a coke.
comment swampsterman and patti westberg, patii is right about gugenheimers name , iwent to elemntary school with his son bobby.he got the class free tickets sometimes. and yes swamp saturdays were the bomb at the yale in the sixties. live bands, stage dancing, the works. my sisters used to get up there and twist away. saw bonnie and clyde there and gone with the wind. and all the elvis, beach party, christopher lee vampire, frankenstein, movies you could ever wont to see. do you remember the old steam hamburger warming machine,a couple of noisy pumps and your burger was ready in a few seconds, man those were the days. one dollar and you were set for all the movies,cartoons, entertainment, candy, soda, burgers, you could hold, and that was just the mid sixties, now its 20 bucks for a ticket and a coke.
sorry for the double post, didnt know the first went through.