Palace Theatre

James Kirby Buckner built the Palace Theatre in 1940 for $25,000. The theatre held its Grand Opening Thursday night, November 21, 1940 with the motion picture “My Love Came Back” starring Olivia De Havilland. Seating capacity was 473, including 22 loveseats, and 130 balcony seats. Ticket prices were ten cents for adults and five cents for children.

Alive as a center of cultural and civic activity for Grapevine and all Northeast Tarrant County, the Palace Theatre Arts Center is the place to celebrate music, theatre, dance, cinema, and the visual arts. It will be a place to gather… for special events, civic meetings, private parties, entertainment for all ages … and more.

The 57-year-old, 439-seat Palace Theatre has been reborn, its original Art Deco style details brought back and its technical facilities, audience amenities and backstage spaces expanded to attract and present the best in live performance and film programming for families from across the region.

Meanwhile, the adjacent historic Buckner Cash Grocery Building (ca. 1930) has been transformed as an additional performance and meeting facility accommodating up to 180 for a noon luncheon program and 200 for an in-the-round theatrical performance that evening.

The Palace’s deep dedication to increasing educational opportunities in the arts and improving and expanding the accessibility of performances to wider audiences are essential keys to the Grapevine Heritage Foundation’s commitment to the preservation, restoration and renovation of this revered Grapevine landmark.

Recent comments (view all 15 comments)

DonLewis on January 3, 2009 at 1:51 pm

A 2009 view of the Palace Theatre in Grapevine.

MPol on January 3, 2009 at 3:02 pm

TC—the link doesn’t work.

lostmemory on January 3, 2009 at 6:25 pm

This link will take you to the same site that TC linked to on May 18, 2005.

MPol on January 3, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Thanks for the link, Lost Memory.

lostmemory on February 13, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Here are more photos of the Palace:

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MPol on February 13, 2009 at 7:44 pm

Thanks for the photos, Lost Memory. Are there any photos of the interior of this particular theatre, or nighttime photos? Just curious.

lostmemory on February 13, 2009 at 7:50 pm

MPol….Here is an interior photo of the Palace Theater.

MPol on February 14, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Thanks, Lost Memory. Interesting photo.

DonLewis on March 28, 2009 at 10:40 am

Valley of the Giants from 1942 and a double feature, The Kid from Texas & Redhead and the Cowboy from 1951 featured at the Palace in Grapevine.

lostmemory on April 10, 2009 at 4:00 pm

This is a nice photo of the Palace.