Grand Theatre

Photo Info

Uploaded on: June 4, 2015

Size: 1 MB

Views: 1,031

License:

The Grand Theater was an African American theater much of the week and turned into Teatro Grand one night a week (and sometimes more depending on the film) to play Spanish language films. The theater opened May 1, 1941 and these ads tell much of the story. Rare African American films such as the Spencer Williams/Dallas-shot “Blood of Jesus” was one of many “race” films that played here. But the theater would close after just six years of operation and was auctioned off (final ad).