Ritz Theater
123 N. Houston Street,
Comanche,
TX
76442
123 N. Houston Street,
Comanche,
TX
76442
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Previous Names: Lyric Theater, Majestic Theater
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This theater was the original Majestic Theatre, not to be confused with the Majestic Theatre that opened on a later date at 805 E. Central Street (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures). It opened as the Lyric Theater in 1914. By 1926 it had been renamed Majestic Theater with 450-seats. It reopened as the Ritz Theater on June 16, 1930 with Frank Fay in “Under a Texas Moon”. The Ritz Theatre was closed on January 1, 1948 with Randolph Scott in “The Last of the Mohicans”. It went over to use as a church and later retail use.
Contributed by
Billy Smith / Billy Holcomb / Don Lewis
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The Lyric Theatre opened in 1914 by Frank M. Smith, Jr. It was likely this building. H.L. Ardis who had opened the original Majestic in 1911 bought his competitor running both theatres. New operators take on the Majestic and appear to both change the theater’s name and close it. Then a grand opening as the Ritz Theatre by Mrs. Nadine W. Story on June 16, 1930 with “Under a Texas Moon.” She and her husband then opened the New Majestic elsewhere in August of 1936. Final show for the Ritz was “Last of the Mohicans on January 1, 1948. It was then used as a church and then a retail store.