Queen Theatre

The Queen Theatre opened for business in the summer of 1919 by Mr. Slater located at 215 Pine Street in Ranger. News articles mention they were staffed with four girl ushers for each showing beginning at noon each day. In 1920, the Queen signed a contract with the Pantage’s Vaudeville Circuit, the first legitimate vaudeville circuit in Ranger. On September 15, 1920, Ranger has its second million dollar fire among the frame buildings on the south side of Pine Street from Rusk to Austin in one of the most dangerous parts of town. The Queen Theatre was a casualty of that fire and completely destroyed.