Queen Theater
2107 Market Street,
Galveston,
TX
77550
2107 Market Street,
Galveston,
TX
77550
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The Queen Theater dates back to at least 1926. It was still operating in 1951.
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A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1335 style DX was installed in the Queen Theater on 5/9/1926. Status: sold.
This theater actually dates back to at least 1913 when a Pilcher organ opus 797 size 2/15 was installed.
In December 1952, Galveston Theaters, Inc. sold the Queen for $55,000 to E. Philip Lyon, of Los Angeles. Mr. Lyon stated that the Queen would undergo extensive renovations once the sale was completed. This was reported in the December 16, 1952 edition of the Galveston Daily News.
That is interesting.
Here is a September 1928 article from the Galveston Daily News:
The “sound” motion picture craze ushered in locally several months ago with Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer,” and followed at infrequent intervals by “Tenderloin,” “Lion and the Mouseâ€, "Glorious Betsy,” “Warming Upâ€, “State Street Sadie,” “Women They Talk About” and “Caught in the Fog,” has now come to be a rather consistent policy at the Queen Theater, first theater to introduce Vitaphone and Movietone, stated Mr. Sowar, local manager.
This is gleaned from announcement just made of pictures booked for the opening of the fall season. Styled as “The Big Six” by the management, for three successive weeks and with two pictures a week every picture shown will be of the sight and sound variety. By placing six of the best pictures in these three weeks throughout their circuit, the booking offices of Publix Theaters Corporation, local owners of the Queen, feel that they will give the theater-going public a true picture of the type of productions they may expect for the coming fall and winter season.
Starting next Saturday Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will introduce their first picture In “sound,” “Excess Baggage,” with likeable, lovable William Haines In the leading role. The musical synchronization for this picture was prepared by the 125-piece Capitol Theater Orchestra, New York.