Wonder Theatre
Fredericksburg Road and Crossroads Boulevard,
San Antonio,
TX
78201
Fredericksburg Road and Crossroads Boulevard,
San Antonio,
TX
78201
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Previously operated by: ABC Interstate Theatres, Interstate Theatres Inc. & Texas Consolidated Theaters Inc., Santikos Theatres
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Located as part of the Wonderland Mall. The Wonder Theatre opened November 23, 1966. It was built by the Interstate Theatre Inc. circuit. It was a very elegant theatre. It had Griggs self riser seats, and a beautiful gold “waterfall” curtain in front of the huge screen. It was equipped with Norelco AA II 35/70mm projectors. They were the successor to the Todd A-O projectors.
The Wonder Theatre was my favorite theatre to take a date to. In 1976 the Wonder Theatre’s auditorium was split into two. It was the worst splitting job I have ever seen. They didn’t even reposition the seats, and some actually were facing away from the cheesy little screens.
The screens were outfitted with traveller curtains, but they had black masking boards on either end, and when the curtain was closed, there was a big black gap that made the theatre look even cheaper! Thankfully the Wonder Theatre was closed by Santikos Theatres on September 10, 1987 with Nancy Allen in “Sweet Revenge” on screen 1 and Walt Disneys animated feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” at the matinee & Matthew Modine in “Full Metal Jacket” on the evening in screen 2. It was immediately razed, and a more modern six-plex the Santikos Crossroads 6 Theatres was built inside the mall.
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I saw “Star Wars” here in 1977.
When I was stationed at Lackland, I visited this place to see “Murders' Row” on December 26, 1966. The theatre was barely a month old.
Once operated by ABC Interstate Theatres.
Santikos was its last operator who closed the Wonder on September 10, 1987 with “Sweet Revenge” in Screen 1 and the double feature of “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs” and “Full Metal Jacket” in Screen 2. It was immediately demolished to make way for the Santikos Crossroads 6 Theatres which opened that December.