Nu Vue Theater
300 Main Street,
Abernathy,
TX
79311
300 Main Street,
Abernathy,
TX
79311
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The Nu Vue Theater was opened on January 21, 1949 with Edmund Gwen & Lassie in “The Hills of Home”.
It was closed on May 20, 1959 with Clark Gable in “Band of Angels”. The Nu Vue Theater was housed in a stand alone corner tan brick building. Attached to the top left front of the theater in individual green block letters was "N Vue". Under the sign were the remnants of a marquee and some windows. A boarded up entrance was sheltered by an overhang. Also remaining were a couple of outside movie poster frames.
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Don Lewis / Billy Smith
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I wonder if it used to be NU VUE?
“When I was approached to buy it, he knew I would preserve it as a movie theater.” Butch Rigby
Right you are:
http://tinyurl.com/2f73xc
How does that get corrected?
“And now you know, The Rest of the Story.” Paul Harvey
Usually the editors notice the changes and do the corrections at some later point. Don might want to comment as he added the theater.
From 1986 a photo of the Nu Vue Theater in Abernathy.
kencmcintyre’s Abernathy link to the Nu View is dead: 12/5/2016.
The retired AKC (NAC)commander’s comments seem irrelevant. Who is Butch Rigby & what is the rest of the story?
Thankfully CT does a great job of separating hearsay from the facts.
Would love to see anything that indicates a name change is in order & then let’s do it.
A picture is worth more than a thousand words.
The Nu-Vue seems to have become the no-vue after a May 21, 1959 free screening hosted by the local merchants. The last advertised show was “Band of Angels” on May 20, 1959. The operators said that competition from television led them to close both the Nu-Vue and the Antelope Drive-In at the end of its 1959 season, as well.
The Nu-Vue opened Jan. 21, 1949 with an open house and plaing Lassie in “Hills of Home.”