Hollywood Theatre
410 W. Seventh Street,
Fort Worth,
TX
76102
410 W. Seventh Street,
Fort Worth,
TX
76102
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Built in 1929 by architects Alfred Charles Finn and Wyatt C. Hendrick in 1929, the eighteen story Electric Building and Hollywood Theatre were designed in Art Deco style, with stylized friezes on the building’s exterior of electricity-themed designs.
For four decades, the string of theaters along Seventh Street was Fort Worth’s Broadway, including the Worth, the Palace and the Seventh Street.
In the early 70s, as multiplexes began sprouting up around Fort Worth’s suburbs, the large movie palaces fell into quick decline. The Hollywood was among the last of the major houses to be shuttered, in 1976.
After more than two decades closed and crumbling away, the Electric Building and Hollywood Theatre were renovated into a luxury apartment tower. Unfortunately, while the magnificent Art Deco lobby of the Electric Building was stunningly restored, the former Hollywood Theatre was completely gutted and became a four level parking garage for the apartment building tenants.
The Electric Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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The Hollywood Theatre seated 1700 people.
I went as a kid to the Hollywood to see The Beatles' “A Hard Days Night” when it first came out in 1964. I was only 8 years old but was with my older brother and his friends. The line snaked around several downtown blocks and we stood in line for hours. Once we finally got a seat inside the packed theatre and the movie started, the screams of the girls in the audience completely drowned out the sound and I never heard any of the movie. Wasn’t until later when we saw the movie again that we got to hear it too. That was quite a day made all the more memorable taking place at a grand old theatre in the middle of city!
In this 1932 ad, the theatre is listed as the RKO Hollywood: www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/rkousa.jpg
There is a photo of the Hollywood marquee on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2cgjv9
This website has some recent interior photos of former Hollywood Theater.
Here is a postcard that shows the Hollywood Theater.
Here is the website for the Electric Building:
http://tinyurl.com/4cnawe
A postcard view of the View On Black]Hollywood and Worth[/url]
A postcard view of the Hollywood and Worth Theatres in downtown Ft. Worth.
From 1951 a newsprint photo of Randolph Scott promoting his world premier “Fort Worth” in front of the Hollywood.