Big Town Cinema 9

1400 Big Town Boulevard,
Mesquite, TX 75149

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Driveintheatre2001
Driveintheatre2001 on February 18, 2012 at 11:17 pm

and not the Town East Cinema 5’s Marquee….. RAC Photography

Driveintheatre2001
Driveintheatre2001 on February 18, 2012 at 11:16 pm

To note, this photo is/was the Big Town Cinema Marquee .. The Mall, Bowling Alley, & Theatre have all been demolished.

Randy A Carlisle – RAC Photography

Mr_PN_Guin
Mr_PN_Guin on September 14, 2011 at 7:33 pm

I remember going to this theater when we visited my aunt back in the 80s. I especially remember seeing the Little Mermaid there. I would like to point out though that the picture on the page is the marquee from the Town East General Cinema 5 which was out side Town East Mall (the building is still there). That sign is now used by the mall itself.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 20, 2009 at 4:22 pm

Grand opening ad from February 27th, 1964 is at View link . This is the first General Cinema theatre in the DFW area.

drivein2001
drivein2001 on July 10, 2009 at 9:19 pm

Opened in the Early 1960’s, the Big Town (Cinema) Theatre, along with the Mall, was demolished in 2006. The only building left standing is the Bowling Alley. My Photos of the Theatre can be seen here:.. http://tinyurl.com/lktoor … A few photos of the Mall can also be seen here:.. http://tinyurl.com/mv56kt …
Enjoy!
Randy A. Carlisle
Historical Photographer
www.flickr.com/photos/racphotography/sets

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on March 1, 2009 at 9:30 pm

Boxoffice Magazine mentions of this theater’s architect always spell his surname Sornik. So does the online finding aid for the J. Evan Miller collection of Cinerama Theater Plans at UCLA.

The Miller Collection also lists this house as the Big Town Mall Theater, and says it opened in 1963. I can’t find any other site giving that date for the theater, but there are numerous references to the Big Town Mall shopping center itself having opened in 1959. Most of the theaters built for Cinerama do date from the early 1960s, so a 1970 opening seems very unlikely, if this is indeed the same theater and not a later replacement.