Isis Theatre

420 Flood Street,
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

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The Isis Theatre appears in the 1941 Film Daily Yearbook, but is not listed in the 1949 Film Daily Yearbook. It appears again in the 1951 volume. It appears to have been an independent house unaffiliated with the Interstate Circuit or any other Texas based chain, making it one of two such large houses in Wichita Falls (the other was the Texan Theatre).

It was located downtown so as to cater to the rapidly expanding population of Sheppard Air Force Base in World War II and catered to African American audiences.

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Patsy
Patsy on September 11, 2012 at 8:03 pm

Lived there for about a year and don’t recall hearing about this theatre.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on September 12, 2012 at 4:13 am

The Isis Theatre at Wichita Falls is listed in Eric Ledell Smith’s book African American theater buildings: an illustrated historical directory, 1900-1955.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 27, 2021 at 12:28 am

The Isis theatre held its grand opening on June 18th, 1947. Ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 27, 2021 at 4:48 pm

This may have been opened as the Carver theater on September 23rd, 1950, and closed in 1961.

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