Tower Theater
1647 S. Alameda Street,
Corpus Christi,
TX
78404
1647 S. Alameda Street,
Corpus Christi,
TX
78404
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The Tower Theater opened on November 9, 1937. The debut attraction was Ann Sothern in "Danger-Love at Work".
In September 1956, the Tower Theater became the 23rd theater in North America and 3rd in Texas to be equipped for 70mm presentation.
Throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s, the Tower Theater was Corpus Christi’s main roadshow theater, booking reserved-seat event films such as "Oklahoma!," "Ben-Hur," "The Sound Of Music," etc., often playing them in 70mm and stereophonic sound.
By the mid-1970’s, the Tower Theater was primarily playing Spanish-language films.
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Michael Coate
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Who the heck edited my intro? If I would’ve known my submission was going to be edited and would end up including questionable punctuation and stylization, I would have reconsidered posting.
Please, Cinema Treasures staff, if you wish to edit my writing, please run it by me first.
Here are two 1984 photos of the Tower Theater:
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Compare design similarities to Tulsa' Delman and Tower theatres, and one can see that it is quite likely that this this theatre came from the drawing board of W. Scott Dunne.