State Theater

503 S. Polk Street,
Amarillo, TX 79101

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BruceComer
BruceComer on August 31, 2011 at 9:35 pm

My dad, Jesse Comer, worked there in 1955 while he was in the Air Force. He told me about an airman friend of his he snuck into the theater – he bought him a ticket but he wasn’t supposed to go in – because he was black.

DonLewis
DonLewis on April 26, 2010 at 7:57 pm

A movie ad from 1950 for the State Theatre in Amarillo starring Tyrone Power in “American Guerrilla in the Philipines”.

DonLewis
DonLewis on November 26, 2009 at 7:39 am

From 1948, newsprint coverage and photo of the world premiere of PANAHNDLE starring Rod Cameron in Amarillo.

DonLewis
DonLewis on July 15, 2009 at 5:57 pm

A movie ad from 1963 for the State Theater in Amarillo.

KenRoe
KenRoe on May 24, 2007 at 12:18 am

Both the State(Fair) Theatre and the Paramount Theatre in Amarillo are listed as being operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Hoblitzelle & O'Donnell in the 1940’s (perhaps even earlier). The same operators also ran the Rialto and Capitol Theatre’s in Amarillo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 23, 2007 at 1:44 pm

Here is a vintage photo of the Fair Theater. Read the text for an explanation of the Paramount Theater sign on the Fair Theater.