Al Ray Theatre
5006 Fulton Street,
Houston,
TX
77009
5006 Fulton Street,
Houston,
TX
77009
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The Al Ray Theatre was located at 5006 Fulton Street, a block or two north of Calvacade Street. It, along with the Village and Plaza/Vogue, showed foreign films in the 1960’s. It became an adult theatre for a while in the 1970’s and the building was used as a church for a while in the 1990’s.
It has since been demolished.
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phil Gammage
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David Welling’s book “Cinema Houston” mentions the Al Ray and notes that the building has been demolished.
Here are photos from 1983 and 1984:
http://tinyurl.com/cytgva
http://tinyurl.com/c5xz3t
The theater and the entire block was demolished – and replaced with a large luxury home completely out of place in my working-class neighborhood.
Onece they ran a Rudolph Valentino film. Some how they got hold of a nitrate print. The print caught fire and damaged the booth. I saw the damage. Not pretty.