Plaza Theatre
109 S. Commerce Street,
Gainesville,
TX
76240
109 S. Commerce Street,
Gainesville,
TX
76240
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As noted elsewhere, Emma Cassidy and her sister Ms. G.H. Hammond opened the Lyric Theater in the summer of 1914. A.V. Wade of Wade-Tex Theatres took on the venue giving it a streamline moderne makeover and new name when it relaunched on March 18, 1936 with Wallace Ford in “Another Face.”
My first job at the Plaza in 1953 while a Junior in High School was the relief projectionist. Very old equipment that used rectifiers for the power source for the Peerless lamp-houses. The projector changer-over device was hand made using electrical conduit and electrical junction boxes. The projection booth was not located in the center but offset to the north side of the theater. Thanks for keeping it’s memory alive. Bill Maughan
A view of the Plaza Theatre and it’s auditorium.
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