Ridgewood Theater
150 W Kingsley,
Garland,
TX
75041
150 W Kingsley,
Garland,
TX
75041
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This theater was the local hangout for kids back in the 80’s. Offering $1 seats and cheap concessions. Not to mention at least 15 now classic arcade games. The double features were the best deal. The theater still remains to this day.
Apparently it has an owner who really doesn’t care about it. And flat refuses to sell to anyone for the purpose of re-opening. If anyone out there knows any info on the property located in Garland, at the corner of 1st St. and Kingsley. Please post your comments. Would still be a great place with proper ownership and management.
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I’ll be traveling to Garland soon. I will do my best to find out some information about this theatre.
Linda
There is a photo of the Ridgewood Theater (scroll to bottom of page) along with photos of other Texas theaters here:
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I went their back when I was in High School (1975-78).. Was a pretty nice theatre at one time. It has been closed for quite a while.
Randy Carlisle
My grandparents live about 5 mintues away, so I drove by on Easter Sunday. At least for that day, the theater was being used as a banquet hall. There were tables set up in the well-perserved lobby. Even though the doors were wide open, I was running late, so I didn’t stop to go in.
I believe the theater was part of the Interstate circuit when it opened. I want to say it was originally a one-screen, before being twinned sometime in the late 70s.
The theater’s marquee on Kingsley is still there. Various stores in the shopping center the theater is located in now use it to advertise sales.
A photo of the Ridgewood Theater can be seen here.
I was the manager of the Ridgewood Theatre in 1979 through the summer of 1980. At the time it was a dollar theatre owned by Plitt. It was well kept. People were always commenting about how nice it was “for a dollar theatre.” In the summer of 1980 the Dallas area experienced a record number of consecutive 100+ temperature days, and during that period the electricity went out one day and all the candy melted!!!
It was a single screen when I managed it in 1979, 1980.
This Theatre was in the process of being converted into a club a little while back.. Went by about a month ago (Around May 2009) to see that the club did not make it. Or at least it doesn’t look like it made it. It was closed up. I have some photos of when it was being converted into a club back in 2007. I was allowed to go inside for a few photos! Seen Here:.. http://tinyurl.com/kj2g2m
… Enjoy.. RAC
December 25th, 1967 opening ad is at View link
Update – Went by the Ridgewood Theatre 2 weeks ago. (January 2011).. It sits idle. No action of any kind looks to be going on. Sad. Waste of a Theatre. The Auditorium was so big!!