Grove Theater
1319 S. Buckner Boulevard,
Dallas,
TX
75219
1319 S. Buckner Boulevard,
Dallas,
TX
75219
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The Grove opened in 1937 in the Dallas community of Pleasant Grove.
It had been owned (and possibly opened) by Roy V Starling.
Contributed by
Don Lewis
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Rare photograph of the Grove in Dallas. (Pleasant Grove)
Photo courtesy of Jeannette Davison / Edited by Don Lewis
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/342570107
Various editions of Film Daily Yearbook in the 1940’s and 1950’s list the Grove Theatre located in Pleasant Grove, TX rather than in Dallas, TX.
I don’t know the exact date but Pleasant Grove was a city in itself and annexed on to Dallas. They had their own school district, was an entity in itself. As Dallas grew, small towns annexed on and streets had to be renamed. At the time that my grandfather built the Grove Theater it was Pleasant Grove, TX. So you are right, but it later became Dallas, TX.
Hey Ken. As always thanks for your comments on my posts. I have attempted in the past to use original town names conneted with Dallas and the applicable theaters, but C/T edits them back to Dallas.
Autographed photo to Roy starling and his wife from Ken Maynard. Maynard enjoyed a long and prosperous career with Monogram/Allied Artists that began with silent films. He died in 1974.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/349617399
Group photo of unidentified men holding a “Greater Monogram Pictures” banner. The man in the front row holding the right corner of the banner may possilby have been Roy Starling.
With thanks to Jeannette Davison for permission to post these photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/346693449
An old movie theater ad from 1949 for the Grove Theater in Dallas.
This Grove Theater replaced an earlier house of the same name that was destroyed by fire.
From Boxoffice Magazine, November 13, 1943: “DALLAS— P.G. Cameron is watching finishing touches go into his new Grove Theatre at Pleasant Grove, about five miles southeast of here. Chairs which he purchased in several lots over the country, about 500 in all, are being installed. The Grove was destroyed by fire early in the year and permission to rebuild was obtained by Cameron from WPB.”
WPB was the War Production Board, a WWII government agency which controlled access to materials critical to the war effort, including most building materials.