Beverly Hills Theatre
3203 W. Davis Street,
Dallas,
TX
75211
3203 W. Davis Street,
Dallas,
TX
75211
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I worked at the BEVERLY HILLS both at the door (taking tickets) and in the parking lot. Both were most always packed. There was a drug store next door east on the corner.
The Beverly Hills Theatre was featured in this 1944 trade ad by Wagner Sign Services: boxofficemagazine
A photo I took back on August 19 2011.. Beverly Hills Theatre 2011 .. Enjoy.. Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Yes, that certainly looks like a Casa Linda-style tower-and-ball!
Photograph of Beverly Hills Theatre’s original appearance from the Dallas Public Library’s Dallas/Texas History collection:
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The marquee says “Dallas' Newest Art Theatre”. The architectural style is Art Moderne.
•Original owner, McLendon Theaters
•Sold in 1948
•Now a church
This is a website for the Life Point Church located at this address.
Another issue of Boxoffice Magazine, from December 2, 1944, has an article about the McLendon circuit, and it says the circuit’s new Beverly Hills Theatre was already open, so late 1944 would probably be the correct period for the opening. The company was able to get construction materials during the war because the theater would serve workers at a major aircraft factory nearby.
The article also said that the architect of the Beverly Hills was Raymond F. Smith. The style was Art Moderne.
There’s one in Houston too. Translates to Temple of Power & Joy
The Beverly Hills Theatre was opened in 1945 by the B.R. McLendon Circuit. McLendon opened the Casa Linda Theatre the same year. Both of these openings were mentioned in an article about recent theater construction in the Dallas area published in Boxoffice Magazine, December 29, 1945.
Looks like it’s a church. Here are photos. I get the “temple of power” part, but “gozo” is not in my Spanish vocabulary. A little help?
http://tinyurl.com/yq9zq5
http://tinyurl.com/2ymp4v