Fair Theatre
3709 Parry Avenue,
Dallas,
TX
75226
3709 Parry Avenue,
Dallas,
TX
75226
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The Fair Theatre was operated by R.Z. Glass, owner of the Lawn Theatre and the Knox Theatre in 1935. In 1945 Interstate Theatres operated it and it was converted into a ‘Negro’ theatre in 1950.
It was destroyed by fire in 1950, reportedly by bombing, shortly after it converted to show ‘race’ films'.
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Jack Coursey, Bob Johnston
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In 1935 owned by R. Z. Glass, owner of the Knox Street and Lawn Theaters in Dallas.
1945 operated by Interstate Chain.
Converted to “Negro House” in 1950 and five months later destroyed by fire.
Source: Dallas Morning News Archives.
Bombing race-motivated or insurance claim on a venue no longer “viable”? Intriguing.
I believe this theatre originally opened as the Parkway Theatre in 1921, part of vaudevillian Eddie Foy’s chain of neighborhood theatres. Foy also opened the Oak Lawn, which was later renamed the Lawn, as well as several other Dallas area venues.