White Theatre
1628 Forest Avenue,
Dallas,
TX
75215
1628 Forest Avenue,
Dallas,
TX
75215
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The White Theatre was operated by the Interstate Theatre Corporation.
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Jack Coursey
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BTW, Chuck, I do NOT mean to SHOUT when I capitalize – sorry! You are usually right on with your excellent info!
Matt, you are correct on this one too, there was a theatre on Forest Lane but not the White. The White Theatre was located on Forest Ave. and is still standing being used for some sort of retail. It was in the next block from the Colonial.
The address should be
1628 Forest Ave.
Dallas, Tx. 75215
I’ll bet you a dollar to a donut hole that there was no White theater at 1628 Forest ave in 1952. There may have been a white theater on Forest Ave but it wasn’t at 1628. !628 would put the theater a block from Forest Ave High School. I went to Forest Ave High School in 1952-53. Lets try to locate the real address of the theater. I know there were no theaters between Forest ave High and the Forest ave theater, so—-it must have been on past the Forest Ave theater. It had to have been. It could have been a mile or more from 1628 Forest Ave. I’m not aware the theater ever existed but I know it wasn’t a block from Forest High school.
Could this be it (see link)? http://www.flickr.com/photos/66262530@N08/6027614302/in/photostream
Matt’s link
Thanks, Chuck – I still haven’t figured out how to do that – how DO you do it?
I just reset the google maps street view to what I believe is the building that once housed the old White Theatre. There is not consensus, however, as notlesu68 has brought up a couple of good points, namely the proximity of the White to the Colonial (1702 Forest Avenue/MLK) as well as to the Forest Theatre (1900 block). His point about the Colonial is in a comment he posted on my flickr site, which I will reproduce below.
My response to the White being close to the Forest is simply that the Forest, being built by Interstate in 1947 with a seating capacity of 1400, replaced both the White (880, though I’m not at all sure the building at 1628 had that capacity) and the Colonial (475) – if the two older Interstate theatres were still in operation when the Forest opened, it’s certain they didn’t last much past that date, certainly not into the 1952-53 era (DMN archives should bear this out) – the whole neighborhood south of the 1800 block was changing fast by the late 1940’s, and even the beautiful Forest would not last long.
Here the link to my flickr page showing another view of 1628 MLK, with notlesu’s comment and my response. From these, you can draw your own conclusions:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66262530@N08/6027614302/in/photostream
BTW, I truly appreciate such engaging opposing views as notlesu66’s and the thought they provoke.
matt, I always enjoy the hint of humor that you put in your comments. When I finish reading your comments I finish with a smile.
Hi, Chuck – we are having quite a time on our Movie Theatre Lovers group on Facebook trying to find out how we can get copies of “The Book!” Scroll down to the first Randy Carlisle post in the link below, and please join us!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MovieTheatreLovers/
matt, i requested to join the group but you have to be a member of the group to see any postings.