Beach Theater

dallasmovietheaters on December 28, 2022 at 2:07 pm

The Beach Theater was considered a suburban theater that opened May 19, 1940 with John Wayne in “Allegheny Uprising”. Fort Worth’s KGKO radio star Cowboy Luke made a special appearance at the grand opening. The Beach was designed by architect Morris L. Levy of Corpus Christi who was attempting for a Spanish Colonial Revival style with streamline moderne flourishes and lots of tile featuring a festive color palette. Leon Felder was the opening chief projectionist managed by F.J. Mavity with Hazelann Turner at the box office.

UA subsidiary Corpus Christi Theatres operated the venue calling it a suburban house (and explaining its diminutive size). It was the circuit’s eighth theater of that period joining the Ritz, Tower, Grande, Palace, Amusu, Melba and Agnes. By the television age, the Beach struggled mightily. Corpus Christi Theatres closed the Beach permanently on September 1, 1955 with Faith Donahue in “Cult of the Cobra.“ On October 3, 1955, its fixtures were removed. The vacant building was later demolished for parking to accommodate the city’s convention center.

rivest266 on November 26, 2020 at 9:47 pm

Grand opening ad posted.