Texan Theater
812 Capitol Street,
Houston,
TX
77002
812 Capitol Street,
Houston,
TX
77002
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According to an ad in the opening day’s Houston Post-Dispatch from the Baldwin Music Shop, the Texan was equipped with a Baldwin piano “which will be used exclusively in broadcasting.”
Thanks Don love all your theatre photos.
Good catch tisloews! That is indeed Tex Ritter in front of the Texan Theater in Houston.
By the way the other two look like they are theatre employees,maybe the manager and usherette?
In Don Lewis'1937 photo of the box-office I believe the man on the right was singer/moviestar “TEX RITTER”.John Ritters father.The other two are still unknown characters to me anyway.Thanks for the boxfiice article Gerald.
Open house on last day: article with photo of the Texan Theatre in Boxoffice magazine, September 19, 1953:
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A view from 1937 of the Texan Box Office and three characters, unknown.
The architects for this theater were Henry F. Jonas and Tabor. The building contractor was J.B. Townsend.
The Texan Theater’s grand opening was at 2 p.m. on April 4, 1925. The first movie to play there was “Janice Meredith” by Cosmopolitan Pictures. According to that day’s Houston Post-Dispatch, the theater featured an orchestra pit, Texas history photos in the foyer, and a children’s nursery in the basement. Actor J. Warren Kerrigan was slated to be present at the opening.
There are some interior and exterior photos of the Texan on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/2tadbk
Read about The Ritz, also in Houston. That was apparently a 4th theatre connected by Horowitz' tunnels. It still operates as The Majestic, albeit as a banquet hall.
The Texan Theater opened in 1925 with 1393 seats.
Nice old photo here:
http://www.moviepalaces.net/texan.jpg