Harlem Theatre
2407 Elm Street,
Dallas,
TX
75201
2407 Elm Street,
Dallas,
TX
75201
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The Palace Theatre was operating as a negro theatre from at least 1930 to 1933. By 1935 it had been renamed Harlem Theatre as the photo below is dated 1935.
The Harlem Theatre was still operating in 1955. Any further information on this theatre would be appreciated.
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Listed in Film Daily Yearbook:1941 thru 1955 editions as being a Negro theatre. Seating initially given for 600, later reduced to 500.
Here are two photos of The Harlem Theater in Dallas during the 30’s. It showed exclusively black films. It was located on Elm street, a black neighborhood and shopping area referred to as Deep Ellum. The location of the theatre is now a parking lot.
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The film playing starred Ralph Cooper. He was a popular star of black fillms during the 30’s and 40’s and was often referred to as “The Dark Clark Gable”.
A newsprint image of the Harlem Theater in Dallas as it looked in the 1930s.
The Harlem closed in the mid-1950’s.
The Harlem along with the area around it was demolished when they constructed the N. Central Expressway.