Queen Theater

DavidZornig on May 9, 2019 at 3:15 pm

1926 photo added via Oliver M. Black.

kencmcintyre on September 18, 2009 at 8:56 pm

Here is a September 1928 article from the Galveston Daily News:

The “sound” motion picture craze ushered in locally several months ago with Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer,” and followed at infrequent intervals by “Tenderloin,” “Lion and the Mouse”, "Glorious Betsy,” “Warming Up”, “State Street Sadie,” “Women They Talk About” and “Caught in the Fog,” has now come to be a rather consistent policy at the Queen Theater, first theater to introduce Vitaphone and Movietone, stated Mr. Sowar, local manager.

This is gleaned from announcement just made of pictures booked for the opening of the fall season. Styled as “The Big Six” by the management, for three successive weeks and with two pictures a week every picture shown will be of the sight and sound variety. By placing six of the best pictures in these three weeks throughout their circuit, the booking offices of Publix Theaters Corporation, local owners of the Queen, feel that they will give the theater-going public a true picture of the type of productions they may expect for the coming fall and winter season.

Starting next Saturday Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will introduce their first picture In “sound,” “Excess Baggage,” with likeable, lovable William Haines In the leading role. The musical synchronization for this picture was prepared by the 125-piece Capitol Theater Orchestra, New York.