Palace Theater

220 N. Highland Street,
Marfa, TX 79843

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This former Art Deco movie theater is located in downtown Marfa’s main street. It was the Marfa Opera House before its cinematic incarnation, but has been closed since the 1970s. A local illustrator now uses the building as his studio.

The Palace’s claim to fame was the nightly screenings in 1955 of Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean pictures while George Stevens and his Warner Brothers crew (including aforementioned stars) were shooting “Giant” right outside of town. The dailies were screened across the street at the Texas Theater.

Contributed by Ian Umlauf

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lostmemory on March 1, 2008 at 9:50 am

This is another photo of the Palace Theater.

lostmemory on March 7, 2008 at 7:39 am

Address:

220 N Highland Street
Marfa, TX 79843

The building is used as a studio for doing automotive illustrations.

lostmemory on May 23, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Here is a 2008 photo.

lostmemory on June 15, 2008 at 8:54 am

This is a June 2008 photo.

lostmemory on August 17, 2008 at 9:55 am

An August 2008 photo can be seen here.

lostmemory on September 28, 2008 at 7:29 pm

September 2008 photo

lostmemory on April 28, 2009 at 4:52 pm

lostmemory on August 7, 2009 at 12:29 pm

Here is a 2009 photo.

donwillmon on January 10, 2012 at 5:39 am

The Palace Theater Was Used In Blake Shelton’s “Goodbye Time” Country Music Video.

Tinseltoes on August 26, 2012 at 10:00 am

Described in this two-page 1937 trade article: Boxoffice

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