Strand Theater

dallasmovietheaters on October 23, 2020 at 5:14 am

Henry J. Siler’s Gale Theatrical Co. opened the Gale Theatre in 1916 in Whittier. He opened the larger Scenic Theatre in 1920 and closed the Gale in 1921. Months later, R.G. Hunt took on the theatre running it into early 1922 selling it to M.M. Hanam who changed the name of the venue to the Strand Theatre on February 21, 1922. Hanam installed a new Robert Morton pipe organ. Hanam closed the theatre with C.W. Pixley taken over the operation that August until closing.

In 1923, Siler acquired the former Gale turned Strand and moved to the New Strand with Henry Gwin opening on January 21, 1924. It has its own Cinema Treasure page.