Sparks Theatre
West Side Square,
Cooper,
TX
75432
West Side Square,
Cooper,
TX
75432
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The Sparks Theatre opened on August 15, 1940 with Walter Brennan in “Maryland”. Listed in the 1955 Film Daily Yearbook with 600 seats, it was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sparks. It was closed on January 19, 1974 with “Vanishing Wilderness”. On August 2, 1984 the building was damaged by fire and it was demolished on June 12, 1985.
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The Sparks Theatre launched August 15, 1940 in downtown Cooper with Walter Brennan in “Maryland.” Sparks had opened his first theatre, the Lyric, in Cooper in 1916. He then opened a second Lyric which became the Delta, the Grand, and the Gem in Cooper. The Gem burned in 1933 and the Sparks competed successfully against the aging Gem and Palace.
Continuous operation of the theatre in the Sparks family ended in 1968. Mr. Sparks had died in 1963 and Mrs. Sparks ran until had 92 closing it with “A Fistful of Dollars” on May 30, 1967,
The Sparks reopened for one last short-lived fling in 1973. Its last showing was “Vanishing Wilderness” on January 19, 1974. An August 2, 1984 fire destroyed almost the entire structure. The remnants were demolished June 12, 1985. A newer structure exists in the theatre – which was on the North Square at the northeast corner.