Lakewood Theatre
1825 Abrams Parkway,
Dallas,
TX
75214
1825 Abrams Parkway,
Dallas,
TX
75214
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Staggered seating described: Boxoffice
Described in this 1939 trade article: Boxoffice
I just read that Texas band The Polyphonic Spree, is hosting their annual Christmas Spectacular at the Lakewood December 10th I believe.
I was on a job in Dallas in the summer of ‘98. I went and saw 5 old movies at the lake. I recall there was “The Philidelphia Story”, “The Awful Truth” and a few others. It wasn’t like going to see just a movie, it was like going to an event. They showed old serial movies first and served drinks right at your seat. An announcer would introduce the feature movie. It was great. Don’t know if they still do that.
Ok. for some reason, that link will not work. You’ll need to copy and paste the Whole link, including THeatre to see the shots.. Sorry.. For some reason, it is leaving off the “THeatre” part of the link above….
Randy A Carlisle
Here’s a newer link to look at some of my photos of the Lakewood Theatre.. Enjoy. View link THeatre ..
RAC Photography
Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Just looked at Randy Carlisle photos again,Great!!!Worth the second look.Nice photos of a great theatre.Relinking.
Joe, I’m with you on the architect – it is much more representative of Pettigrew’s taste/style than Eberson’s.
Cool photos Chuck.
Grand opening ad is at View link
I know the official website for the Lakewood attributes the design of the theater to John Eberson, but I think they are mistaken. The February 4, 1939, issue of Boxoffice has an article about the Lakewood saying that it was designed by Dallas architect H.F. Pettigrew. One of the theater’s decorations even graced the cover of that issue of the magazine’s The Modern Theatre section, and the description of it on another page also attributes the Lakewood to Pettigrew.
I doubt that Boxoffice would have gotten the name of the architect of a recently-built theater wrong in one of its major articles. John Eberson is not mentioned in connection with the Lakewood in this article or any other article I can find in Boxoffice.
As a rule, I tend to trust print sources more than web sites, and period print sources way more than web sites. In this case I’m especially inclined to believe Boxoffice rather than the theater’s web site, as this theater was built by Interstate, and Pettigrew & Worley were practically Interstate’s house architects during the 1930s and 1940s. It would have been very uncharacteristic of the circuit to hire a New York architect for this one theater when their other projects during the period were being designed by Pettigrew & Worley.
Another photo of the Lakewood is here.
Wow!! Love that Marquee, and the interior!!
This is another 1982 photo.
1982 Photo
1983 Photo
1984 Photo
Recent Pic I took:
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A 1950s movie ad promoting Allan “Rocky” Lane in “Sundown in Santa Fe” showing at the Lakewood Theatre.
Lakewood Theater photo
This is another 2008 photo.
A 2008 photo can be seen here.
A photo of the Lakewood in Dallas.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2220729231
Here is another photo of the Lakewood Theater.
This is a recent night view of the Lakewood Theater.
My photograph of the LAKEWOOD View link
I was born the year the Lakewood was built—1938—and my folks took me there to see just about every Disney film nearly first-run. For a while, I thought the surrounding shopping center was downtown Dallas! It is still an architectural wonder, the closest Fort Worth equivalent of which is the Ridglea. Talk about a true “Cinema Treasure!”