Border Theatre

matt54 on September 3, 2011 at 6:03 pm

The story on the street down here in the Mission-McAllen area was that the Cinemark Tinseltown multiplex, just down the street from the Border, successfully pressured the movie companies to stop renting first-run releases to the Border because patrons were being pulled away from the Cinemark; sounds plausible, because at almost 400 seats, the Border accounted for Cinemark’s biggest auditorium. Patrons HAD to have preferred the Border experience for first-run flicks, esp. at the generally lower admission prices compared to Cinemark.

lostmemory on April 30, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Here are two 1984 photos:

Photo1

Photo2

lostmemory on January 20, 2009 at 2:41 pm

According to this site, “The Border Theatre remains a family-owned venue, but it no longer shows movies every night, instead hosting arts performances and special movie screenings.”

DonLewis on December 21, 2007 at 12:08 am

An old BORDER movie flyer and a document referencing the BORDER which was owned by R.N. Smith and managed by Kelly Ross in the 1950s.

www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2126500780

www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2126500882

lostmemory on January 2, 2007 at 6:32 pm

Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1998

Border Theater (added 1998 – Building – #98001124)
905 North Conway Blvd., Mission
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater